XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 20 Sep 2024 09:41:06 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
      
   > DOS is still used in a lot of industrial kit ...   
      
   You mean the obsolete, unsupported, proprietary MS-DOS or DR-DOS, or the   
   Open Source, still being developed, FreeDOS?   
      
   > There is evidence that Linux itself is getting bloated, and in need of   
   > the same 'back to basics' approach that Linus dud 30 years ago.   
      
   It’s just as modular as it always was. You can even build it for certain   
   architectures that completely lack memory protection.   
      
   > Linux is like C. It has its issues, but everyone understands them   
   > everyone can program in it and it works well enough. And it doesn't need   
   > licenses to be paid to use it.   
   >   
   > And sometimes its easier to fix bugs in it than to  rewrite it in Rust   
   > etc.   
      
   You do know that the Linux kernel is accepting Rust code now, don’t you?   
      
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