I’m not really sure what point you’re making. All I see there is - or was - some unclear management within Linux itself.
- There was an experiment to have rust in Linux. It got provisional approval from Linus.
- Some people in the Linux kernel blocked essentially any changes being made to make the rust experiment able to succeed.
- Some people who were trying to get rust into Linux got frustrated. Some quit as a result.
- Eventually Linus stepped in and told everyone to play nice.
This whole drama involved like 5 people. It’s not “the majority of the rust community”. And it kinda had nothing to do with rust the language. It was really a management / technical leadership challenge. And it seems like it’s been addressed by leadership stepping in and giving clearer guidelines around how rust and C should interoperate, both at a technical and interpersonal level.
So what’s your point? Is rust bad because some people had an argument about it on the Linux kernel mailing list about it? ‘Cos uh, that’s not exactly a new thing.
