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It's the first step in a two-step process:

    1. Rewrite in (unsafe) Rust.
    2. Update the code over time, moving towards safe Rust.
It's the old, "get it working then fix it" process. In business that's normally a bad idea because you end up wasting more time than if you'd just done things correctly from the start but for a hobby project it's fine. Because then you're more likely to learn something and possibly—ultimately—end up with a better end product.

To a business, time your developers spend learning things (the hard way) is wasted.

To a hobbyist, taking the time to learn things is time well-spent.






In business it can also be a good idea, because if you're waiting for it to be done correctly you may never have a delivered product even if you have a working (but not 100% ideal) product. A compromise is to get a subset of your target capabilities working correctly and the rest unimplemented and deliver that before continuing on.



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