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Arbitration at least, or some form of: Torvalds Yes to Rust, No to Small-town Dictators (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Besides Marcan resignation, not much on other recent turmoils, or, more importantly in my view, the use of "Thin blue line" in the language of the anti-rust dev

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

linus just acted like the adult in the room. im glad hes there for it.

its not even like the children have to stop playing with C now, just that they will have to share the damn playground a little bit.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

...After coming in mid-fight with "you are the problem", acting just like another bickering drama-queen & solving nothing, worsening the situation & prompting actual damage.