▲ 170 ▼ 'Rust makes coding fun again': Why Linux is moving away from C, according to Greg Kroah-Hartman (www.zdnet.com) submitted 1 month ago by HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child) Well, academic exercises for grades, I'd call Rust students. Throw away programs people do for fun, I'd call Rust hobbyists. Pretty much anyone else, doing it for money (a living: roof over head, food on table), or open source contribution - I think they qualify. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) In that case, stil reckon a higher proportion ofl Rust devs contribute to Linux than C devs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Don't be so sure... I work for "megacorp" and about a year ago word came from on-high: "thou shalt not C (or C++, not that they know the difference) anymore. We are in mortal fear of embarassment that we allowed a mistake to be made that our all seeing oversight should have prevented by mandating the use of safe tools." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 point 1 month ago That's still rather recently, and there's rather a large stock of 'before people' hanging around. But I agree inasmuch as it'll change as time goes by and one day you'll be right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) In that case, stil reckon a higher proportion ofl Rust devs contribute to Linux than C devs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Don't be so sure... I work for "megacorp" and about a year ago word came from on-high: "thou shalt not C (or C++, not that they know the difference) anymore. We are in mortal fear of embarassment that we allowed a mistake to be made that our all seeing oversight should have prevented by mandating the use of safe tools." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 point 1 month ago That's still rather recently, and there's rather a large stock of 'before people' hanging around. But I agree inasmuch as it'll change as time goes by and one day you'll be right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) Don't be so sure... I work for "megacorp" and about a year ago word came from on-high: "thou shalt not C (or C++, not that they know the difference) anymore. We are in mortal fear of embarassment that we allowed a mistake to be made that our all seeing oversight should have prevented by mandating the use of safe tools." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 point 1 month ago That's still rather recently, and there's rather a large stock of 'before people' hanging around. But I agree inasmuch as it'll change as time goes by and one day you'll be right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 1 point 1 month ago That's still rather recently, and there's rather a large stock of 'before people' hanging around. But I agree inasmuch as it'll change as time goes by and one day you'll be right. permalink fedilink source parent