Why did the introduction of Rust into Linux cause so much headlines, when in fact there are even worse system languages, such as Python, Perl, and Ruby?

Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev · 7 months ago

Why did the introduction of Rust into Linux cause so much headlines, when in fact there are even worse system languages, such as Python, Perl, and Ruby?

oktoberpaard@feddit.nl · edit-2 7 months ago

The kernel is written in C and a bit of assembly. When support for a new language is added, that’s big news and worthy of headlines. The other languages are just there for various tools and helper scripts and are not used for kernel code, so not newsworthy by any means.