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Rust in enterprise kernels
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Re: Rust in enterprise kernels
#12Until Nova is ready for merge it shouldn't get a say on how things get implemented
This might be a bad argument. It's like a couple planning on having children making the decision where to live. Them saying "the kids aren't here, so let's buy this child-unfriendly place that we might have to pay off for 2 decades" would be self-sabotage.
If Kernel maintainers don't let their future plans influence their current decisions, then they're throwing away the benefit of foresight and potentially sabotaging those future plans.
Now 3 years later, the property market is horrible so you'd sell at a loss, your first child is on the way and you're worried about the 23th floor apartment that you bought that's far from child-care facilities and playgrounds.
Re: Rust in enterprise kernels
#13Until Nova is ready for merge it shouldn't get a say on how things get implemented
This might be a bad argument. It's like a couple planning on having children making the decision where to live. Them saying "the kids aren't here, so let's buy this child-unfriendly place that we might have to pay off for 2 decades" would be self-sabotage. If Kernel maintainers don't let their future plans influence their current decisions, then they're throwing away the benefit of foresight and potentially sabotagin…
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Re: Rust in enterprise kernels
#14> There is an increasing market for cloud-based systems with GPU access so that we can all enjoy the benefits of large language models appearing uninvited in every aspect of our lives. I came for the Rust kernel drama, I stayed for the sick LLM burns. I love LWN. Like with HN the comments are far more interesting than the article. I'm a huge Rust fan that's been using it since 1.0 and it's adoption by the linux kerne…
> I love LWN. Like with HN the comments are far more interesting than the article.
Yes I also read HN for the comments mostly. They are better than just above any site in the internet, except LWN. That makes this LWN comment extraordinary, because I'd place as the most best I've read on LWN all year: https://lwn.net/Articles/993714/