They tried it before [1]. It looks like it's more than just coincidence - even Torvalds tries to push Rust into the Kernel, and make the Kernel adapt to Rust[2]

They tried it before [1]. It looks like it's more than just coincidence - even Torvalds tries to push Rust into the Kernel, and make the Kernel adapt to Rust[2], which is putting the whole thing on its head. ---- 1. https://www.infoworld.com/article/3713203/white-house-urges-developers-to-dump-c-and-c.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/3713203/white-house-urges-... 2. "Torvalds pointed out that there are kernel features that are currently incompatible with Rust; that is impeding Rust support overall." https://lwn.net/Articles/991062/ https://lwn.net/Articles/991062/