Plenty of people writing rust are coming from that background. And a substantial part of the reason for wanting it in linux is that the slapped-together C in li

Plenty of people writing rust are coming from that background. And a substantial part of the reason for wanting it in linux is that the slapped-together C in linux drivers is often awful, both in terms of understanding of the hardware and in terms of the quality of the software. Rust can at least help the poor quality of the latter not affect the security and stability of the kernel so much.