> > I think it's just going to get more messy and complicated for people who 
> > don't want to learn or use another language. Mesa already requires people 
> > to know C, Python, and now newly Gitlab CI scripts just to get stuff done 
> > and merged. Another language would only exacerbate the issue and steepen 
> > the learning curve.
> 
> To some extent I agree, and I think that's a good reason to start with
> Rust in a leaf-node of the project (a driver or compiler backend)
> rather than in a common piece of infrastructure.

Indeed, at least to probe the waters I'm interested in a backend
compiler, which necessarily only touches a few people and a few
architectures (fewer cross-platform issues. Mali is only* ever
paired with ARM CPUs, which have a good Rust story).

* We don't talk about SoFIA

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