Are there any things in Linux that need to be started over from scratch?

sepulcher@lemmy.ca to Linux@lemmy.ml – 162 points –

I'm curious how software can be created and evolve over time. I'm afraid that at some point, we'll realize there are issues with the software we're using that can only be remedied by massive changes or a complete rewrite.

Are there any instances of this happening? Where something is designed with a flaw that doesn't get realized until much later, necessitating scrapping the whole thing and starting from scratch?

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The entire thing. It needs to be completely rewritten in rust, complete with unit tests and Miri in CI, and converted to a high performance microkernel. Everything evolves into a crab /s

I laughed waay too hard at this.

A PM said something similar earlier this week during a performance meeting: "I heard rust was fast. Maybe we should rewrite the software in that?"

They must have been a former Duke Nukem Forever project manager