On 09/04/2021 16:09, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote:
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 02:55:02PM -0400, Aruna Hewapathirane via talk wrote:
This is simply an attempt to inform and educate ( i am not trying to start
any flame wars ). This article I feel describes aptly why C will not go
away.
https://drewdevault.com/2019/03/25/Rust-is-not-a-good-C-replacement.html
I certainly agree there are things C is the best choice for. But it is
probably a lot less than it is being used for. No idea what Rust is good
at, having never used it or looked at it. I have encountered go code,
and it seems OK so far.
Experimental Rust support is in linux-next:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
Here's an example driver:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/drivers/char/rust_example.rs
Work is ongoing to prove the integration can work longer term. I think
quite a bit has to do with supported architectures when using GCC or Clang.
Cheers, Jamon
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