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Re:The end of the kernel Rust experiment by menaerus on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @12:07PM (#46220325)
What am I exactly doing again? I am providing my reasoning, sorry if that itches you the wrong way. I guess you don't have to agree but let me express my view, ok? My view is not extremist or polarized as you see. I see the benefit of Rust but I say the benefit is not what Internet cargo-cult programming suggests. There's always a price to be paid, and in case of kernel development I think it outweighs the positive sides.

If I spend 90% of time debugging freaking difficult to debug issues, and Rust solves the other 10% for me, then I don't see it as a good bargain. I need to learn a completely new language, surround myself with a team which is also not hesitant to learn it, and all that under assumption that it won't make some other aspects of development worse. And for surely it will.

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