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Re:Linux kernel in-tree Rust support by PudgePacket on Saturday July 11, 2020 @10:29AM (#23802447)
Slightly off topic, I see D brought up incredibly consistently when Rust is mentioned on HN.. Is it just me?? (it's usually by walter themself but I digress..)
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Re:Linux kernel in-tree Rust support by pjmlp on Saturday July 11, 2020 @12:19PM (#23803260)
Some of us believe in systems programming languages with some form of GC, so it usually pops up as alternative.

For me D is what .NET (thus C#) should have been if the Ext-VOS project (COM Runtime) decided to go native, instead of embracing J++ and then turning into .NET due to the lawsuit.

But unfortunately D is a tiny community that gets by with small contributions and herding cats is hard.

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Re:Linux kernel in-tree Rust support by Keyframe on Saturday July 11, 2020 @11:46AM (#23803026)
A number of people (including myself) migrated from what was known as D1 onto Rust. Steve (Klabnik) was also one of the refugees. I can't speak for others, but Rust is kind of what I was expecting for D1 to go to.
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Re:Linux kernel in-tree Rust support by aberba on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:20PM (#23851126)
Wow, didn't know Steve was rocking D.
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