Writing a Linux-compatible kernel in Rust
Slightly off-topic but since the author mentions it; I personally cannot help but feel like the strong push for rust in the kernel is overstepping some sort of boundary.<p>Since the kernel started, you can&#x27;t begin to count the number of &quot;better than C&quot; languages that appeared.<p>Why, if C is so bad, wasnt one of the alternatives introduced to slowly replace C in the kernel years ago?<p>Zig, D, Ada, ... they all offer massive benefits over C.<p>The only reason there is a push for Rust so much harder than anything else can only be explained by the community and their almost aggressive spirit of &quot;if its not written in Rust, it should be&quot;.<p>No regard for software that works great, the engineers that put time and effort into it to make it secure and fast, if its not Rust it must be broken.<p>Im excited to see the linux kernel improve even further, no matter what it takes, but it does rub me the wrong way and makes me stop and think a little bit when one particular language is held on such a gigantic pedestal.