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> Or as Linus Torvalds puts it, “C is the only sane choice”. I'd be very interested in his opinion of Rust
by BenoitP 8y ago
> Or as Linus Torvalds puts it, “C is the only sane choice”.
I'd be very interested in his opinion of Rust
- steveklabnik 8y agoHe's only ever made one statement, in 2016: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3109150/linux/linux-at-25-linus-torvalds-on-the-evolution-and-future-of-linux.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/3109150/linux/linux-at-25-... > Q: What do you think of the projects currently underway to develop OS kernels in languages like Rust (touted for having built-in safeties that C does not)? > > A: That's not a new phenomenon at all. We've had the system people who used Modula-2 or Ada, and I have to say Rust looks a lot better than either of those two disasters. > > I'm not convinced about Rust for an OS kernel (there's a lot more to system programming than the kernel, though), but at the same time there is no question that C has a lot of limitations.