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Re:Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy by xelamonster on Saturday September 07, 2024 @10:33PM (#41477802)
How is "too much existing software uses C/C++" not just inertia? That can also change with time.
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Re:Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy by doe_eyes on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:13AM (#41478334)
Inertia is doing things because you're used to doing them. This is pragmatism: until the arrival of mainstream Rust-based OSes, there's probably no escaping C/C++.
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Re:Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy by xelamonster on Sunday September 08, 2024 @03:11PM (#41482405)
My point is that the arrival of Rust-based OSes is absolutely in the cards, so while I don't disagree that it would be very difficult to fully escape at the moment that is also actively changing.
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