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Linux 7.0 Officially Concluding The Rust Experiment (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/linux@programming.dev

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While Linux 7.0 is the next kernel version solely over Linus Torvalds' numbering preference, there is a notable symbolic change that was sent in overnight for this new kernel merge window: formally concluding the "Rust experiment" with upstream kernel developers now in acceptance that Rust for the Linux kernel is here to stay.

The patch was talked about back in December that the Rust experiment is over and it's here to stay. There are already uses for Rust in production environments, some Linux distributions shipping with Rust kernel code, and millions of Android devices also using it.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Most common reason I saw was not wanting mixed languages across the code base.

If you're a Rust maintainer and you're given a C patch (or reverse) then what do you do with it/confirm it's not bringing other bugs.

Other issues are that it's heavier, hurts compatibility, and doesn't function like C.

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 days ago

This is a very valid reason, indeed.