Moving the kernel to modern C

Newer does not always equal better, but using technology to solve problems is literally the business we are in. Submission of patches and PRs by email has real implications - security for one, less open and effective collaboration for another. Again, I’m not saying that it wasn’t the right solution for its time but there are alternatives that work better.
And as for Rust, I’m a big fan of it but there is no way that the Kernel is going to be rewritten in Rust. It’s much more viable to replace some data structures and paradigms with C++ alternatives. This is possible without rewriting everything or completely retraining all existing contributors.
And I don’t think calling people idiots is particularly helpful to what is a technical discussion.