How long can the C languages maintain their primacy in the kernel?

Linux people doing Linux things, it seems.

  • toastal@lemmy.ml
    54·
    2 months ago

    like Rust

    But no one is talking about that that is doesn’t need to be Rust. There are alternatives that can do as much if not more with the type system & safety while being as low-level as C without some of Rust’s restrictions.

    • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      rust was literally written as a systems programming language to take a similar place as C. i’m not sure of the restrictions you mean