Comment by mustache_kimono
3 days ago
> The impression I get from simply reading these various discussions, is that some folks are not convinced that the pain from accepting Rust is worth the gain.
Read the above email. Greg KH is pretty certain it is worth the gain.
> Possibly also that a significant portion of the suggested gain may be achievable via other means.
I think this is a valid POV, if someone shows up and does the work. And I don't mean 3 years ago. I mean -- now is as good a time as any to fix C code, right? If you have some big fixes, it's not like the market won't reward you for them.
It's very, very tempting to think there is some other putatively simpler solution on the horizon, but we haven't seen one.
> Over and above that, there seem to be various complaints about the readability and aesthetics of Rust code, and a desire not to be subjected to such.
No accounting for taste, but I don't think C is beautiful! Rust feels very understandable and explicit to my eye, whereas C feels very implicit and sometimes inscrutable.
> Read the above email. Greg KH is pretty certain it is worth the gain.
I don't think GP or anyone is under the impression that Greg KH thinks otherwise. He's not the "some folks" referred here.
> I don't think GP or anyone is under the impression that Greg KH thinks otherwise. He's not the "some folks" referred here.
Glad for your keen insights.