cm0002@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 2 days agoRust drivers expected to become more common in Linux kernelwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down12
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkRust drivers expected to become more common in Linux kernelwww.theregister.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 2 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI’m not talking about building I’m talking about programming. I defiantly agree rust has some very nice tooling but the language itself has quite a steep learning curve that isn’t kind to newcomers.
minus-squarejimmy90@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agoboth C and Rust have learning curves that get steep after the initial trivial stuff with C as soon as you’re in array/string/pointer land, you’re in a world of seg faults you can get so much more done as a beginner in Rust before you get anywhere near dealing with ownership or creating advanced generics
I’m not talking about building I’m talking about programming. I defiantly agree rust has some very nice tooling but the language itself has quite a steep learning curve that isn’t kind to newcomers.
both C and Rust have learning curves that get steep after the initial trivial stuff
with C as soon as you’re in array/string/pointer land, you’re in a world of seg faults
you can get so much more done as a beginner in Rust before you get anywhere near dealing with ownership or creating advanced generics