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Is It Time to Rewrite the Operating System in Rust?

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C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languagesOperating systems & kernelsSecurity & hacking

What it is

Bryan Cantrill's QCon SF 2019 talk asking whether operating systems should be rewritten in Rust. He draws on his systems experience to discuss C, memory safety and Rust's fit for system software.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in debates about Rust versus C as a thoughtful systems programmer's account of falling for Rust.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “very deep dive into operating systems, C, and Rust”

    Cantrill's deep dive into operating systems, C, and Rust

    equalunique, 2019-05 · Recommendation · in “GKE Sandbox: Independent operating system kernel to each container”

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Topics: bryan cantrill, rust, operating systems, c language, memory safety

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