Re: The Case for Rust (in any system)

In reply to: Poul-Henning Kamp: "Re: The Case for Rust (in any system)"
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From: David Chisnall <theraven_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 08:20:38 UTC

On 9 Sep 2024, at 09:14, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> 
> I fully agree, but I am not talking about reaping "most of the benefits",
> I'm talking about "how to get started with C++" and if it is worth it ?

Aside from the pointer cast issue (which can be solved by using *slightly* more C++), I don’t see downsides to defaulting to C++ for compilation (comdat issues in the kernel loader aside).

David