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Re:Safer Linux Kernel Modules Using the D Programming Language by ediblelint on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:55PM (#34266402)
Apparently D is in the middle of adding an ownership system that would not require GC for safety: https://dlang.org/spec/ob.html
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Re:Safer Linux Kernel Modules Using the D Programming Language by destructionator on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:19PM (#34266744)
That approach is a dead end, incapable of doing anything beyond the basics (notably it doesn't compose into structs) and is likely to be abandoned.
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