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Re:Next steps for Rust in the kernel by ElCheapo on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @09:43AM (#32925041)
Linus hates Perl?

Heck, so my secret project of slowly replacing every Perl script in the kernel with C might even get approved...

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Re:Next steps for Rust in the kernel by tialaramex on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @09:57AM (#32925227)
The dislike of Perl in this context is that it's a write-only language. See Titus' recent talk about "Software Engineering languages" for some thoughts about that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA_wUiNuhSc

C isn't a good software engineering language but it might be better than Perl. Or in this context, maybe not.

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