Rust, a modern and notably more memory-safe language than C, once seemed like it was on a steady, calm, and gradual approach into the Linux kernel. By late 2024, however, Rust enthusiasts were ...

We all know Linux is written in C. What you may not know is that it's written in a long-outdated C dialect: The 1989 version of the C language standard, C89. This is also known as ANSI X3.159-1989, or ...

Linus Torvalds is about to shift Linux from a version of C which is so old it was written before the fall of the Soviet Union – C89. Torvalds has said that it is time to move to something more modern ...

Linus Torvalds has shared his disgust at the code slowing down the latest Linux kernel release. Torvalds was scathing in his latest comments about a Linux 6.15-rc1 pull request - first spotted by ...

The Rust in Linux debate is over. The implementation has begun. In an email conversation, Linux's creator Linus Torvalds, told me, "Unless something odd happens, it [Rust] will make it into 6.1." Want ...

The creator of Linux sees his operating system project as an exemplar of the merits of the open-source development model. In an interview with APC Magazine, Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds says, ...