karolkulesza/port-anything: Benchmarking Ubuntu's uutils coreutils against GNU

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An analysis using the port-anything tool compares Ubuntu's Rust-based uutils coreutils implementations against current GNU coreutils. The tests reveal that while most utilities achieve near-full parity, specific gaps remain in edge cases involving invalid UTF-8, locale ordering, and large numbers, some of which are already resolved in newer uutils releases or affected by GNU's own upstream changes. Open article →

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