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Re:Linus Torvalds: Rust for the Kernel Could Possibly Be Mer... by gspr on Thursday June 23, 2022 @11:19AM (#31850351)
While I love Rust, I think you're spot on with your concerns (apart from the questionmark operator – it's just delicious pragmatic convenience).

The culture of exploding dependency trees is a recipe for disaster, especially when combined with the prevailing attitude of "use the latest version or bust".

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Re:Linus Torvalds: Rust for the Kernel Could Possibly Be Mer... by cmrdporcupine on Thursday June 23, 2022 @11:36AM (#31850614)
Yeah, I've been down this road before with Java + Maven 10-15 years ago. Exploding dependency trees, DLL hell, etc. And I see it in the (admittedly mostly foreign to me) Node/NPM world. Quantities of third party dependencies with their own graphs can be trouble. At least with Maven there was a publishing/vetting process.

Still, it makes dev a lot easier.

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