> To me the more salient questions are how long before (a) we get Rust in a core subsystem (thus making Rust truly _required_ instead of "optional unless you have hardware foo"), and (b) requiring Rust for _all_ new code.
Previously, the position was that C developers would not be forced to learn Rust.
And a few days ago a security vulnerability was found in the Rust Linux kernel code.
> To me the more salient questions are how long before (a) we get Rust in a core subsystem (thus making Rust truly _required_ instead of "optional unless you have hardware foo"), and (b) requiring Rust for _all_ new code.
Previously, the position was that C developers would not be forced to learn Rust.
And a few days ago a security vulnerability was found in the Rust Linux kernel code.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46309536