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A language that has no stable ABI should not be in the kernel.

• insanitybit 4y ago
  Why?
  • mharig 4y ago
    Ever tried to use a C++ library from another language? Or from a binary compiled with another C++ compiler than the library?
    • insanitybit 4y ago
      What does that have to do with the kernel?
      • mharig 4y ago
        Support and spreading of a bad habit. As long as there is just one Rust compiler (Or are there two? How about the ABI of the second?),it doesn't matter much. But one day it will.
        • insanitybit 4y ago
          I don't see how it has any impact on kernel development.
          • mharig 4y ago
            You will, when in 5 years some proprietary Rust kernel module compiled with the IBM Rustbelt Rust compiler does not work together with other Rust kernel modules compiled with the standard Rust compiler.
• esarbe 4y ago
  Linux itself doesn't have a stable ABI, afaik.
  • loeg 4y ago
    Also, the Rust C FFI (the ABI used to interoperate with the rest of the kernel) is stable.
    • mharig 4y ago
      Ok. Don't know if it is sufficient in a long term perspective, but time will tell.
  • mharig 4y ago
    If this is more for the good or more for the bad is questionable.