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		trasz on June 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linus Torvalds: Rust for the Kernel Could Possibly... You're assuming that newer stuff is always better. Experiences with operating systems don't quite confirm this, though. There has been plenty of operating systems in newer languages, and nobody remembers them.

ahahahahah on June 23, 2022 | [–]

Isn't parent's very first line, in fact, about how a newer thing was much much worse?

tester756 on June 23, 2022 | [–]

And the reason of that is language choice?

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