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I love the idea of more rust into linux because I think it will make the code more secure and easier to contribute/modify. I am scared of any potential problems
by gtsop 6y ago
I love the idea of more rust into linux because I think it will make the code more secure and easier to contribute/modify. I am scared of any potential problems an immature ecosystem (relative to C ofcourse, don't jump the gun) can cause to this life-depending tool called the linux kernel. I am glad linus is open to it but careful. Balanced approach
Edit: I am also a proponent of careful re-writes of very old userspace utilities (eg: ping) accompanied by very rigorous tests to ensure there aren't any behavour changes
- enriquto 6y ago> I am also a proponent of careful re-writes of very old userspace utilities (eg: ping) accompanied by very rigorous tests to ensure there aren't any behavour changes That would be great, but a prerequisite for that is that the rust language is stable to ensure that there aren't any behaviour changes in the compiler itself.
- nynx 6y agoRust has been stable since 2015.
- turminal 6y agoAlways the same arguments, hilarious.
- nynx 6y agoI'm not really sure how that's an argument. It's just a fact. Rust has been stable and backwards compatible since 2015.
- turminal 6y agoHow many libraries written in 2015 rust have you actually tried using recently?
- nynx 6y agoNot recently, but they'd work fine.
- lights0123 6y agoA few, actually. I don't remember crate names, but aside from the colors in the prebuilt documentation being a bit dated, you can't tell.
- moocowtruck 6y agolet me in on the hilarious part i want to laugh too
- jhgb 6y agoProbably the part where there's major libraries that have required unstable Rust for years?
- throwaway525142 6y agoCan you point out which? I'm only aware of rocket.
- mlindner 6y agoAlways the same arguments because the answer hasn't changed.