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Rust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense” (arstechnica.com)
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Linux people doing Linux things, it seems.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

the Rust kernel could be many years away from being finished.

the number I saw floating around was 3 years to production useful. regardless, C's end days as the go-to, large systems level language are drawing nigh.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I think this number is overblown. Production useful doesn't have to mean 1:1.

    Running it without all graphics drivers would be fine for server use. Also, not all filesystems need to be ported: basic ones should be enough for start. But not only servers, home routers run Linux kernel...

    If every OEM starts contributing their drivers in rust, this could move quickly...

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