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Rust drivers expected to become more common in Linux kernel (www.theregister.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/linux

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

that's odd most people praise rust for being incredibly easy to install and build any project with rustup and cargo

you can do remarkably sophisticated things using a few crates, simple data structures and types and at C speeds or faster

i think you're wrong

[–] zygo_histo_morpheus 7 points 2 weeks ago

Rust allows you to create more powerful abstractions, which can allow you to express your intent in a clearer way. C code can feel like you're bogged down by details all the time. C is on the other hand a smaller language, so just getting to the point where you "know" the language is a lot easier.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about building I'm talking about programming. I defiantly agree rust has some very nice tooling but the language itself has quite a steep learning curve that isn't kind to newcomers.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

both C and Rust have learning curves that get steep after the initial trivial stuff

with C as soon as you're in array/string/pointer land, you're in a world of seg faults

you can get so much more done as a beginner in Rust before you get anywhere near dealing with ownership or creating advanced generics