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Is there an easier way forward for rust in linux? (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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Every week or so there seems to be drama about some old dude shouting about how rust in the Linux kernel is bad. Given all the open hostility, is there easier way for R4L to continue their work?

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[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

I dont think that there is another way. They are gonna have to coexist with the old guard. The problem is, they are both right. Rust is the better language, its basically made for this task, but C runs everywhere, it has a much larger userbase, and introducing a second language into a huge low level program like Linux will make it much, much harder to maintain.

[–] cbazero@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Why would you say that Rust is made for low level hardware interfacing? I am generally curious.

[–] ColonelThirtyTwo@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago

Rust, IMO, provides a set of convenient features (borrow checker, RAII, generics, sane operator overloading, opt in unsafety) while leaving out ones that get pretty invasive and are hard to use in an embedded context (exceptions, new/delete operators, GC).

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