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Google's "Painful To Maintain" Binder C Linux Driver Being Removed In Favor Of Rust
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SorteKanin feddit.dk SorteKanin@feddit.dk
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onlinepersona programming.dev onlinepersona@programming.dev
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There are people in those comments who won't admit Rust is actually useful and have a place in the kernel. Replacing 11k lines of C with Rust isn't nothing.

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anyhow2503 lemmy.world anyhow2503@lemmy.world
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There are people in those comments who won't admit Rust is actually useful and have a place in the kernel. Replacing 11k lines of C with Rust isn't nothing.

Phoronix forum posts should only ever be read as a source of entertainment. The only place where you may find even more ignorant Linux users is Lunduke's comment section. Some of these people genuinely believe that Rust is part of a "woke" conspiracy to weaken FOSS projects. I've read someone unironically call the timing of Rusts increasing popularity "suspicious" because it coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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onlinepersona programming.dev onlinepersona@programming.dev
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Phoronix forum posts should only ever be read as a source of entertainment. The only place where you may find even more ignorant Linux users is Lunduke's comment section. Some of these people genuinely believe that Rust is part of a "woke" conspiracy to weaken FOSS projects. I've read someone unironically call the timing of Rusts increasing popularity "suspicious" because it coincided with the ...

The Rust-COVID conspiracy is deranged 😂 Wow. Maybe people just love a good conspiracy.

The use of MIT is problematic, IMO though. Big Tech loves the MIT license.

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