Is it a surprise? Rust claims to be a systems language - and what better proof of that than someone writing a kernel in it? To me this is a clear example of "do

Is it a surprise? Rust claims to be a systems language - and what better proof of that than someone writing a kernel in it? To me this is a clear example of "doing what it says on the tin". Also, I view the fact that the code is startlingly readable and seems (to my untutored eyes) to look a lot like other Rust code as a pretty strong validation that they are delivering on their promise.