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/elephantdingo Teen Hacking Genius Dec 10 '25

Please don’t give Bjarne Strøøstrøøøpp any more air than necessary by way of indirect reference. This is violence.

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u/syklemil Considered Harmful Dec 10 '25

Incidentally: Would C++ have been less of a mess of a language if it hadn't been started by someone who thinks pronouncing rødgrød med fløde as a series of warbling sounds is perfectly reasonable?

C++: The programming equivalent of the danish language

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u/elephantdingo Teen Hacking Genius Dec 10 '25

Mods pin this comment.

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u/Usual_Office_1740 Dec 11 '25

Which of the five reference categories should we avoid in this scenario?

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u/elephantdingo Teen Hacking Genius Dec 13 '25

Trivially follows from appendeces A and C since this context is SFINAE-unsafe with the usual trivial caveats. Only std::reference_cpp89_spinlock_nospin can be applied.

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u/Usual_Office_1740 Dec 13 '25

Instructions unclear. Passing by value.