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_fe··on Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental
In-general it seems that Rust proponents want ease and modernity to replace the ability to do the same in C better, with more control and intent, and with better results.

Rust is less tight. That’s fine for an application, but the kernel is used by everyone who uses Linux.

Rustians disparage C because it doesn’t have Rust behavior.

Why must the kernel have Rust behavior?

_fe··on Rust in the kernel is no longer experimental
> If rust didn’t provide value to the Linux kernel, there’s no way it would have made out of the experimental phase.

That’s “appeal to authority” fallacy.