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Christoph Hellwig Steps Down From One Of His Kernel Roles Following Rust Drama (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Rust has its uses, it certainly has its place in the world of languages. I think if you are making a new low level project, rust is a good pick.

The Rust4Linux project was always fundamentally going to create disagreements and strife. Lots of angry headbutting was to be expected. It happening in such a public way, with sizeable collateral damage, was not.