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For a good month, it was nearly impossible to avoid hearing about it. Now, I can't find any news.

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just got a call from Rust HQ; they cancelled the project and are deleting all the articles talking about it

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah, got that memo too. Apparently Biden didn't like the name, too bad.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Or it's a quiet news cycle. It could be either.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Alec Baldwin killed it

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

For those who’re interested: https://this-week-in-rust.org/

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

Probably now that support is in the kernel anyone who wants to use it is busy actually writing code.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

what do you mean? it's still being used in many many projects and is as great as ever

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But are you able to find any news?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are there any news you're expecting to find?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

I don't know, but the OP is concerned.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's especially about Rust in the Linux kernel. There was a lot of fuss as the "foundation" for writing Rust drivers was merged, but since then there has been cvery few news about it going forward and being used to develop new drivers.

The language itself is obviously still going very strong.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now that you mention it, there really has been like a year since rust has first been introduced the the kernel officially. I don't know if any parts of it have been written in rust as of now or whether new drivers have been made, but I suppose it's most likely still experimental in a way.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I know that Asahi Linux uses Rust for its graphics driver but I don't think it has been upstream yet.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where is Rust? Is she safe? Is she alright?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because now you can't write "rust" without written consent from rust foundation. Btw, prepare to getting sued.

Edit: /s of course, what's wrong with you people. It's a reference to recent rust trademark policy drama

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All I know is cargo takes forever to compile when installing something so I don't like it

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you want to install CLI tools using cargo install you should try cargo-binstall to avoid compiling them from source.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's awesome I'll take a look at it