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There was a small discussion about it on the Rust reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/6h5mht/system_programming_in_rust_beyond_safety_the/ https://ww

• tom_mellior 9y ago
  ... a large part of which was just responses to one person who said "OMG, you can't write a kernel in Haskell, it uses malloc", as if (a) Linux didn't have its own kmalloc, and (b) a hypothetical Rust kernel wouldn't use malloc.
  • frankmcsherry 9y ago
    In the event that anyone isn't clear on the relative quality of discussions across various websites, please click the reddit link and observe someone asking a sincere question and getting specific and helpful responses, with no attempt to score points by misrepresenting the position of the others.
  • nickpsecurity 9y ago
    Inspired by that response, I shared a Haskell OS and Ocaml on PIC microcontrollers. https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/6h5mht/system_programming_in_rust_beyond_safety_the/dixwwz7/?st=j3yku1pg&sh=ba31b3dd https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/6h5mht/system_program... Not a wasted question after all given prior, positive feedback on those projects.
  • hashhar 9y ago
    That is a very good question for someone new to the field and the answer is really well detailed. Honestly, as of right now the discussion there is more enlightening than here.
    • tom_mellior 9y ago
      I agree that in a thread about Rust systems programming, asking how Rust (and, come to think of it, Haskell) can do dynamic allocation on the bare metal is a good question. I think the good underlying question was devalued by what I think was the poster's lack of reflection. Obviously Rust can do it because Rust is magical, but Haskell? How would that ever work? Your interpretation may vary.
      • hashhar 9y ago
        With the added context your original comment makes more sense to me. Also, now this thread is better than the one over on Reddit.