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New Linux Patch Confirms: Rust Experiment Is Done, Rust Is Here To Stay (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 16 hours ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev

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Rust for Linux lead developer Miguel Ojeda posted the patch a short time ago to "conclude the Rust experiment". The "experiment" of Rust programming language code in the Linux kernel is over as it's now accepted to be a success and "Rust is here to stay" in the kernel.

Following discussions at the Linux Plumbers Conference this week in Japan, Miguel Ojeda is now comfortable in declaring Rust for the Linux kernel a success in being able to drop the "experiment" flag on the effort. Ojeda wrote this evening on the kernel mailing list

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[–] mereo@piefed.ca 23 points 15 hours ago

Phoronix's forum will be interesting... Pop the popcorn!