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Isn't choosing an OS based on what language it is written in basically doing what 'rust evangelists' are accused of?

Programming languages are tools, why would you stop using something because of a change which does not make the product worse in any way?

My issue is people who will "trust" security only because of a language used, wich is a flawed and dangerous mindset

I don't want to depend on that kind of project

Build up that absurd strawman so you can be angry at Rust continuing to eat the software world, yeah! Rah!

You won't use Linux, because it might have a bit of Rust in it, because some microcosm of Linux users will like that it has Rust and trust it more? That about right? Okay, you have fun.

I am still free to do what i want? right?

I never said they shouldn't do it, or you shouldn't use it, they do what ever they want too, hence why i move away, to let them do what the f they want!

thank you fellow brogrammer, i would only trust Real Code™ written by Real Coders™ in a Real Programming Language™ such as c, as god intended

What junk am I subscribing to by thinking compiler checking of my memory access is neat, and by thinking it has uses in the kernel (which manages memory as one of its jobs IIRC)?

Repeating what i said elsewhere:

My issue is people who will "trust" security only because of a language used, wich is a flawed and dangerous mindset

I don't want to depend on that kind of project

It's not so much trusting security because of language use as distrusting security because of language use. With the tools C gives you, it is impossible for multiple humans to write a large secure program. Rust doesn't guarantee security, but it gives you a fighting chance.

Im confused. You are going to change an OS because you think "trusting something based on use of a particular language" is a problem that might come up. Isn't that just you basing your trust level on the use of a particular language?

Religions generally don't phrase their actions as experiments, as this developer is doing.

Engineers test new techniques to see what works. Not all of them play out. The Linux kernel community is very good at sorting out the junk, and this is part of that process.

You forgot to insult vi or emacs and denegrate some brace style.

Typical spaces over tabs enjoyer...

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