rhabarba@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoRust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkRust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense”arstechnica.comrhabarba@feddit.org to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months ago “It’s herding cats: introducing Rust effectively is one part coding work and ninety-nine parts political work…” All software development in a team is. More like 20/80 or 40/60 if you’re lucky.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoExcept in this case, it was a bunch of old C devs who aren’t just resistant but openly hostile to change, and they’d rather bully people into silence than try to progress.
minus-squareमुक्त@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy isn’t a Rust kernel being developed in parallel ?
All software development in a team is. More like 20/80 or 40/60 if you’re lucky.
Except in this case, it was a bunch of old C devs who aren’t just resistant but openly hostile to change, and they’d rather bully people into silence than try to progress.
Why isn’t a Rust kernel being developed in parallel ?