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submitted 18 hours ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Following arguments on the Linux kernel mailing list the past few days over some Linux kernel maintainers being against the notion of Rust code in the mainline Linux kernel and trying to avoid it and very passionate views over the Linux kernel development process, Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin has removed himself from being an upstream maintainer of the ARM Apple code.

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[-] ahal@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 hours ago

I always thought kernel devs were smart people. I'm kind of shocked learning a new language is this big of a barrier to them.

[-] RobertoMorrison@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

Even “smart people” have resource/time limitations. Learning rust to an extent that will work on that level is not the same as learning C.

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