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		isItStill on April 14, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An RFC that adds support for Rust to the Linux ker... Replace enough of the code, is it still Linux? Perl 6 or bust! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus

SilverRed on April 14, 2021 [–]

If the interface to the user space is still the same then it is. It sounds like rust will mostly be used for modules/drivers at this point anyway.

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