While Linux 7.0 is the next kernel version solely over Linus Torvalds’ numbering preference, there is a notable symbolic change that was sent in overnight for this new kernel merge window: formally concluding the “Rust experiment” with upstream kernel developers now in acceptance that Rust for the Linux kernel is here to stay.
The patch was talked about back in December that the Rust experiment is over and it’s here to stay. There are already uses for Rust in production environments, some Linux distributions shipping with Rust kernel code, and millions of Android devices also using it.
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Okay fine, guess I really do need to learn (the rest of) Rust now.
Well, recalling from my experience with a lot of software products, they all tend to rust by around or shortly before version 7, so…
Well, it is time to investigate Hurd more closely, I suppose.
Why?
I don’t see any future for Rust and forcing such ugly language in the kernel might lead to problems.
Linus is to blame here more than Rust. C++ would be much more straightforward and welcomed by the kernel community update from C. And Linus is afraid of C++.
Rust will kill Linux if it persists there long enough .
I don’t see any future for C++ and forcing such ugly language in the kernel might lead to problems.
Lembot_0006 is to blame here more than C++. Zig/D/Hare/whatever would be much more straightforward and welcomed by the kernel community update from C. And Lembot_0006 is afraid of Rust.
C++ will kill Linux if it persists there long enough .
I don’t see any future for seatbelts, and forcing such an ugly implement in cars might lead to problems.
Seatbelts will kill cars if it persists there long enough.
The upper middle class family of a childhood friend refused to wear seatbelts (1980s) because mom was injured by her seatbelt in an accident. I remember being surprised at their approach to risk reduction.
I don’t see any future for halos in F1 cars, and forcing such an ugly implement in cars might lead to problems.
Halos will kill F1 if they persist there long enough.
This but unironically
This has to be one of the most brain dead comments I’ve read about Linux…. ever.
I think you mean: it is one of the most brain dead comments you have ever hurd about Linux.
I guess you’re regularly committing to the kernel then?
Not one line, I tell you. Not a single one.
lmao
