Re:Linus Torvalds on Rust support in kernel
by bluecalm on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:09PM
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If it's always going to be miniscule then why bother? If it has potential to grow to something not miniscule then it's important to it compiles quickly.
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Re:Linus Torvalds on Rust support in kernel
by staticassertion on Saturday April 17, 2021 @05:16PM
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1. Even if we start today, and all new code is written in Rust, it will be years before Rust has an impact on compile time.
2. A relatively small portion of code can account for the majority of exploited vulnerabilities.
3. Nothing about Rust is fundamentally slow with regards to compile times. There's plenty of time to work on it, and we've already seen significant efforts make headway.
Compile times are a nonissue in any practical sense for this work.