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The (successful) end of the kernel Rust experiment (lwn.net)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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The topic of the Rust experiment was just discussed at the annual Maintainers Summit. The consensus among the assembled developers is that Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental — it is now a core part of the kernel and is here to stay. So the "experimental" tag will be coming off. Congratulations are in order for all of the Rust for Linux team.

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[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

EDIT: also, there are very few languages less productive and beginner-friendly than C++ in my opinion.

I am a professional C++ developer with 20 years of experience and have worked in about eight other languages professionally, while learning and using a dozen more in hobby projects.

I agree with you here. The only areas where specifics are worse are package management in Python, and maintainability of large SIMULINK models.

[–] TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's the sort of indictment of C++ I like to hear. It's not just me then. I sometimes feel like I'm taking crazy pills with some colleagues who are super enthusiastic about it still.

But again, I'm stupid, I know I'm stupid, and C++ has way too many features and convoluted behaviours which are hard for me to remember and reason about. It often feels like it makes me think more about the language problems than the actual problem I'm supposed to work on. It may say more about me than the language, but I do feel validated with comments like this.