To see if they can? This is HN after all :)

In the spirit of discussion, this article (2021) makes the argument that it would correct existing bugs in curl:

> There are 95 bugs [in curl]. By my count Rust would have prevented 53 of these [in 2021].

https://blog.timhutt.co.uk/curl-vulnerabilities-rust/

The curl author (Stenberg) has said:

> I don't believe in rewrites, no matter which language. I believe in replacing code and fixing components gradually over time. That could mean that we have a curl written mostly in rust in 10 years. Or in 20 years. Or not.

https://archive.is/Bs16c

"Rewriting curl" has become a meme and is a good teaching example of when engineers don't grasp the complexity of the requirements

Because when people spend enough time rewriting things, rewrites becomes an end in itself rather than means to an end.