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It’s his project. He sees it that way, as do others. You see it differently. The objective truth is probably somewhere in between.

Other projects have seen a significant positive impact after switching to rust. I hope fish shell also sees that impact, regardless of any feelings around rust.

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As fish user, I can be concerned that a rewrite like this might ruin a project, and consequently oppose such rewrite. Doesn't matter whose project it is. If you think I should just ignore it and "accept decision" - this is when it's clear, that what you really mean is "you just should not care".

As a fish user, I'd be concerned about the opposite - having a burden of a big c++ codebase and all it's build shenanigans to maintain which is not fun at all anymore could lead to the project becoming stale, especially with a low bus factor.

Plus, it could gain new external contributors. Heck, I'd consider contributing myself now whereas I wouldn't consider wasting my time on doing c++ for fun unless it was mission critical for some reason

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