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Rust rewrite, initial part #579
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This is to avoid disk I/O induced slowdowns in tty<->master copy loop.
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This is the initial work for the upcoming 3.0 release, which will be based on full rewrite in Rust.
I've contemplated this, but I didn't have as many good reasons to justify it in the past. However, there's plenty of good reasons for me to do a Rust rewrite now.
Amongst other things the rewrite will:
Last but not least, I enjoy working with Rust much much more than with Python :)
More about the rewrite: https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/rust-rewrite-of-the-asciinema-cli/777
How to build/test the new version: https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/testing-the-new-rust-version-of-the-asciinema-cli/778/10
The plan for 3.0: https://discourse.asciinema.org/t/the-plan-for-the-asciinema-cli-3-0/790