I've been saying this for years now: the rust4linux folks are putting so much effort into trying to upstream their work, seems like they should instead put that effort into maintaining a fork. Arguably it would be less hours spent porting than arguing with humans. Certainly more pleasant!
Then one of two things will happen:
* Rust will prove its worth and their fork will be the better operating system. Distros will start switching to it one by one due to its increased performance and stability, and they will have dethroned Linus and become gods of the new world.
* The project will die because the C programmers will outcompete it with good ol' C, and all their talk about safety doesn't pan out in the real world.
If I were the rust4linux leadership, I'd roll those dice.
Sounds like Hector Martin is doing exactly that, burning the bridge along the way. Good luck! I think it's the right move (minus the bridge burning).
Then one of two things will happen:
* Rust will prove its worth and their fork will be the better operating system. Distros will start switching to it one by one due to its increased performance and stability, and they will have dethroned Linus and become gods of the new world.
* The project will die because the C programmers will outcompete it with good ol' C, and all their talk about safety doesn't pan out in the real world.
If I were the rust4linux leadership, I'd roll those dice.
Sounds like Hector Martin is doing exactly that, burning the bridge along the way. Good luck! I think it's the right move (minus the bridge burning).