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		cycomanic 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin resigns f... He said no Rust (or any other language except C) in any core code. Notably the patch was not eve being added to kernel/dma

tsimionescu 10 months ago [–]

I think he even hates non-C code in the drivers, he just cares less about that. But his position is that kernel maintenance will only work longterm if it's all a single language (C).

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