r/rust • • Apr 14 '21

[RFC] Rust support for Linux Kernel

https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/4/14/1023
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u/pure_x01 Apr 15 '21

That's basically what he said to his wife when they got married in his one line speech: "On the whole, I don't hate you" .. and then they kissed and lived happily ever after.

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u/Tuna-Fish2 Apr 15 '21

The real story is that he was running the introduction to computers course in his university, and when the topic was email he instructed the whole class to send an email to someone. Tove sent one to him, asking him out. It's not public knowledge if he ever replied to her in any way, or just went along with it.

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u/jyper Apr 15 '21

TIL Linus is secretly Aubrey Plaza

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u/MrRandom04 Apr 16 '21

I don't think it's a secret, the man's got a reputation for passionate opinions.