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There has been significant tension between Rust and C developers over the inclusion of Rust in the Linux kernel. Proponents argue that Rust's technical benefits, such as RAII and strong memory safety, are being unfairly dismissed. Critics hold that these features may hinder performance and introduce unwanted complexity. Key figures like Asahi Lina highlight difficulties and resistance faced in integrating Rust. The debate touches on deeper issues of programming philosophy and performance vs. safety trade-offs.

RAII and the Rust/Linux Drama

Casey Muratori | Smart-Pointers, RAII, ZII? Becoming an N+2 programmer

CppCon 2014: Mike Acton “Data-Oriented Design and C++”

Modern Systems Programming: Rust and Zig - Aleksey Kladov

<pre><code>I learned that Zig does not have:
Destructors
Macros
Lifetimes
Operator overloading Those are major reasons why I chose Rust for the drm/asahi driver… It sounds like Zig is trying to be “modern C”… but the whole point of R4L is to not get stuck with C
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Yes, and hopefully it will have all those in due time, then it can replace both C and C++ in many cases (and hopefully Rust)