Rust heads into the kernel?

Posted Apr 21, 2021 22:07 UTC (Wed) by josh (subscriber, #17465)
In reply to: Rust heads into the kernel? by wtarreau
Parent article: Rust heads into the kernel?

> My point is I suspect that a few years from now it will have changed so much to adapt to the real needs that it will be abandonned (except by a few fanboys)

That's certainly a viewpoint one could hold. I can understand where that assumption would come from, given that there have been a large number of languages that thought they could replace C, many of which don't exist anymore. I think Rust specifically fits in a way all of those languages didn't, but rather than try to argue the case for that here, I'll stick with "time will tell", and continue working to make sure the language adapts to the needs of various real users, including kernel developers.