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Re:The end of the kernel Rust experiment by qwm on Thursday December 11, 2025 @10:37AM (#46232699)
Sometimes it's nice to know that something will run and compile reliably far into the future. That's a nice thing to have, and wide support for the language and its relatively unchanging nature make it reliable.
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Re:The end of the kernel Rust experiment by mustache_kimono on Thursday December 11, 2025 @04:07PM (#46237178)
> Sometimes it's nice to know that something will run and compile reliably far into the future.

I'm not sure why you think this is a problem that Rust has? Perhaps you mean something different but the Rust project compiles available code on crate.io upon the release of a new version.[0] C compilers may imagine their new compiler code doesn't break old software, but Rust takes that extra step, so we know it won't.

[0]: https://github.com/rust-lang/crater

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