a Rust rewite is silently being crafted somewhere, and TBH - myself really expected QGIS to get a total rewrite much sooner.
It is. Look at this: https://github.com/opengeos/RustGIS/commits?author=giswqs
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It is. Look at this: https://github.com/opengeos/RustGIS/commits?author=giswqs