Re:Linus Torvalds on Rust support in kernel
by acomjean on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:37AM
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From what I remember the Linux kernel doesn’t even use std.lib. It’s pretty straight up C with no dependencies (the os being low level). Makes kernel module programming difficult.
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Re:Linus Torvalds on Rust support in kernel
by SubjectToChange on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:27PM
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The Linux kernel is freestanding. But that's hardly the reason why kernel programming is difficult.