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Agreed, the hope is that the combination of Rust + a rewrite, you'd be in a MUCH better place than where we are now. I think an interesting question is, why ar
by wspeirs 11y ago
Agreed, the hope is that the combination of Rust + a rewrite, you'd be in a MUCH better place than where we are now.
I think an interesting question is, why are there so many contributors to the Linux Kernel in comparison to something like glibc? Both, I'd argue, are equally foundational.
- bertr4nd 11y agoSpeaking only for myself here, but glibc is almost completely unintelligible. I'm not sure if the Linux kernel is as bad, but with glibc anytime I've gone looking for even a trivial function I've regretted it.
- ajdlinux 11y agoA huge chunk of the work going on in the Linux kernel is supporting specific hardware (device drivers, that kind of thing), which doesn't affect glibc and other core userspace things so much. That said, even excluding that, the kernel probably does see more interest and activity than glibc.