रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Sep 6, 2020

“Is It Time To Rewrite The Operating System In Rust?” [2018], Bryan Cantrill (https://www.infoq.com/presentations/os-rust/).

#Rust #OS #OperatingSystem #SystemSoftware #Kernel #FFI #Unix #Multics #History #ComputerHistory #SecondSystemEffect #Rewrite #RIIR #RESF #RETF #Transcript #Talk #QCon

Is It Time to Rewrite the Operating System in Rust?

Bryan Cantrill explores Rust, explains why it has captured the imagination of so many systems software engineers, and outlines where it might best fit in the deep stack of operating system software.

रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Jun 12, 2020

The staggering arrogance on display in this #AskHN #thread on #HackerNews is _such_ a turn-off, notwithstanding comments from the Rust Evangelism Task Force:

"AskHN: Why Do You Use Rust When D Is Available?" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23494490).

#Rust #D #RETF #Programming #PLDI

Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available? | Hacker News