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/Doc... Here's an example driver: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/dri... 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