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Linux 7.0 Officially Concluding The Rust Experiment (www.phoronix.com)
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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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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It does sound interesting, but I was mostly joking just to extend the copypasta.

I don't know enough about programming to know whether it's even suitable for writing a kernel. As far as I'm aware, Lua is mostly used for embedding scripts like in games, but the engines themselves are better written in C or Rust. I would assume a similar concept applies for writing a Kernel.

Perhaps it would have made more sense if I said Fortran or PS-Algol. It would have been more clear that it was a shitpost

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I expect it's not suited for kernel, yeah, but it sounds like a fun thing to try other than for kernel stuff