Comment by the_duke

4 months ago

I'm pretty sure there is significant pressure from corporate sponsors in the Linux foundation to make Rust happen. That includes Google, Microsoft, AWS, ...

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snailmailstare  4 months ago

I think the pressures are from everywhere all the time. There's always a risk that something picks up enough steam to replace an OS even if it is a derivative or fork of the same OS. For C++ adoption, Linus gauged correctly that it's steam is limited and even directly taunting its supporters had low risk in a project that could challenge Linux because its set of choices over time has had many foot guns, where many developers would intentionally use what any user would consider a foot gun. As long as Linus didn't step in to define strong rules for how C++ would be used there was no likely challenger over any reasonable amount of time (for Linux/C). This is not true for rust.

  • the_duke  4 months ago

    The difference is that at least Google is actively deploying Rust-based Linux code in Android already.

    And the big Linux foundation members have more influence than is publically known.

    • snailmailstare  4 months ago

      Linus was pretty clear about his views on working with vendors, etc, in his Autobiography so I'm not sure if/why there would be surprise.

      Solaris, Java and C/C++ conpilers were all owned by Sun. I feel that is a situation without anyone even trying to maintain whatever separation some might expect from Linus.