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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 09:22:59 +0200
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Subject: Re: [TECH TOPIC] Rust for Linux
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>, 
	Roland Dreier <roland@kernel.org>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>, 
	Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>, ksummit@lists.linux.dev
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Hi Linus,

On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 10:39 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> At the same time, C++ offer no real new type or runtime safety, and
> makes the problem space just bigger. It forces you to use _more_
> casts, which then just make for more problems when it turns out the
> casts were incorrect and hid the real problem.

At least the C++ casts are easier to search for.  The C cast syntax
is very grep-unfriendly.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds