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by AnimalMuppet 2702 days ago
If the Linux kernel writers all instantly knew Rust as well as they know C, then in 10 years they might produce something that is as functional as the Linux kernel currently is. In the process, they would lose everything that they could do over the next ten years to improve the Linux kernel.

You could claim that eventually the payoff would pay back the lost 10 years. But "eventually" can be a very long time...