It is regrettable that they're trying to coerce the use of Rust everywhere just for the sake of it. It's a nonsense that is now forced on everyone.
fwiw, the use of C is infinitely more "coerced" than the use of Rust.
on my Linux system, C takes ownership of a 'top-level' /usr/include directory, all the kernel APIs have their canonical definitions in C headers, a lot of system features like nsswitch require dynamically linked C libraries etc. etc.
Rust is just something that programs can choose to be written in and that doesn't inconvenience me in any way.
It doesn't need to be that way:
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coliveira · · focus · HN ↗
serbuvlad · · focus · HN ↗
on my Linux system, C takes ownership of a 'top-level' /usr/include directory, all the kernel APIs have their canonical definitions in C headers, a lot of system features like nsswitch require dynamically linked C libraries etc. etc.
Rust is just something that programs can choose to be written in and that doesn't inconvenience me in any way.
tosti · · focus · HN ↗