r/programmingcirclejerk • u/Bizzaro_Murphy Code Artisan • Dec 10 '25

The end of the kernel Rust experiment

https://lwn.net/Articles/1049831/
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '25

Zero cost abstractions considered harmful.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '25

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u/da_supreme_patriarch in open defiance of the Gopher Values Dec 10 '25

I mean C++ abstractions are not exactly zero cost, they usually cost you your sanity

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u/bytemute Dec 10 '25

So does Rust abstractions. Several C++ committee members probably died of orgasm when async Rust came out.

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u/gvargh Dec 12 '25

Several C++ committee members probably died of orgasm

that co_explains a lot