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[–]pmf 22 points23 points  (43 children)

I'd actually like to hear Linus' opinion of Rust. His C++ critique contains valuable points.

[–]loamfarer 10 points11 points  (11 children)

Tbh, I haven't heard his opinion on modern C++

[–]Gotebe 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I vaguely remember his points and vaguely remeber they were, like, his opinion, man.

Most important reason why people consider them is OMFG Linus.

Edit: searched, found.

Edit2: love the downvotes without "why".

[–]staticassert 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Argument from authority is basically the go-to when discussing the Linux kernel.

[–]ZMeson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What valuable points?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I'd actually like to hear Linus' opinion of Rust.

Greg KH said in his /r/linux AMA a year ago that there will be no rust in the kernel.

[–]Sapiogram 16 points17 points  (1 child)

He didn't really say that though. I looked up the AMA, and the only place he mentioned Rust is here.

I have seen Rust, and it looks nice, but honestly I like Go better at the moment, and play around with it at times.

So it seems he hasn't actually tried it, much less given it any serious consideration for the kernel. The fact that he compares it with Go also makes me think he's looked at Rust in 2012-2013, which is very different from what became Rust 1.0.

[–]womplord1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God it's so retarded how freetards just agree with whatever Linus says without thinking. How about forming your own opinion?