Linus Torvalds Says Rust Adoption in Kernel Lags Expectations

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Here is the relevant quote - which in my opinion sums up the situation pretty well - from this ad infested unreadable abomination of an article.

Switching to a more modern topic, the introduction of the Rust language into Linux, Torvalds is disappointed that its adoption isn't going faster. "I was expecting updates to be faster, but part of the problem is that old-time kernel developers are used to C and don't know Rust. They're not exactly excited about having to learn a new language that is, in some respects, very different. So there's been some pushback on Rust. On top of that, Torvalds commented, "Another reason has been the Rust infrastructure itself has not been super stable."

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"We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Amara#Amara's_law