> At least in regards to the features that affect kernel-level development. Strange you should mention this because they’ve been working on and will continue t

> At least in regards to the features that affect kernel-level development. Strange you should mention this because they’ve been working on and will continue to work features to make Rust more suitable to the Linux kernel. This issue (https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/355 https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/355) for features in rustc was opened a year ago and it seems half done. > backwards and forwards compatibility Backwards compatibility has existed for 7 years, since Rust 1.0. If your code ever compiled under any version of Rust since 1.0, it will compile with all future versions. Guaranteed. Forwards compatibility - not sure how this would be guaranteed. If your code uses a new library API, how would an old tool chain compile that? AFAIK, this is a non goal. > calm down I think it calmed down after async stabilised 4 years ago. I don’t recall seeing big changes since then. On a broader note, Rust’s 6-week release cycle might make it seem like big features are being added all the time, but I don’t think this is the case. It’s usually just a few small features or conveniences, some bug fixes, minor improvements to compile times.