| ▲ | microtonal 2 hours ago | |
It is kind of interesting that the Linux kernel is slowly adopting Rust, whereas Zig seems like it would be a more natural fit? I know, timelines not matching up, etc. | ||
| ▲ | nasretdinov an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Memory safety by default in kernel sounds like a good idea :). However I don't think that C is being _replaced_ by Rust code, it's rather that more independent parts that don't need to deeply integrate with the existing C constructs can be written in a memory safe language, and IMO that's a fine tradeoff | ||
| ▲ | andrepd an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Definitely not. Rust gives you a tangible benefit in terms of correctness. It's such a valuable benefit that it outweighs the burden of incorporating a new language in the kernel, with all that comes with it. Zig offers no such thing. It would be a like-for-like replacement of an unsafe old language with an unsafe new one. May even be a better language, but that's not enough reason to overcome the burden. | ||
| ▲ | keybored an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
And “if you enjoy C++/if you enjoy C” are gross oversimplifications. | ||