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My view is he's being pragmatic. Why switch from C to C++? The expected value from such a change isn't worth the effort. Rust though? That could make the kerne
by endorphine 4y ago
My view is he's being pragmatic. Why switch from C to C++? The expected value from such a change isn't worth the effort.
Rust though? That could make the kernel more secure in the long-term and rule out a whole class of bugs. This makes sense.
- unrealhoang 4y agoI think the main point is Rust takes much less time to learn to be able to contribute to a complex code base at the caliber of Linux. With safe abstraction on top of unsafe, the seasoned/guru developers can build building blocks for intermediate/beginner to confidently use and contribute on the higher level.