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From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 21:59:17 +0200
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Subject: Re: [TECH TOPIC] Rust for Linux
To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>, 
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>, ksummit@lists.linux.dev
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On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 8:38 PM Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> wrote:
>
> I agree with you here, it's a honest way to look at it: adopting Rust as
> a second language in the kernel isn't just a technical decision with
> limited impact, but also a process decision that will create a
> requirement for most kernel developers to learn Rust. Whether that
> should and will happen is what we're debating, but regardless of the
> outcome, it's important to phrase the question correctly, with a broad
> view of the implications.

Exactly -- very well put. We will definitely get the most advantages
from Rust if we all treat it as an actual second language.

Cheers,
Miguel