Re:An RFC that adds support for Rust to the Linux kernel
by otabdeveloper4 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @05:21PM
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> "Where do I find the devs to maintain this codebase long term? And what happens if the language dies upstream?"
This is the lowest of the low bars w.r.t. technology choice.
Compare, for example, to the vetting and QA the Linux kernel does.
Even Rust isn't all that easy. That it cleared the hurdle at all on so many teams already (and Windows especially!) is extremely impressive for a piece of tech so new.