Comment by umairnadeem123

the most underappreciated aspect of AI-assisted language migration is that it changes the cost-benefit analysis of which language to target. previously choosing rust for a browser engine meant accepting 3-5x slower development velocity vs c++. if AI closes that gap to near parity, the calculus shifts dramatically - you get rusts safety guarantees essentially for free in terms of developer time.

the two-week timeline for 25k lines is striking. even accounting for the human review overhead, thats probably 4-6x faster than manual porting. and the byte-for-byte verification approach means the speed doesnt come at the cost of correctness. this could be a template for how other large c++ codebases approach incremental rust adoption.