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The Rust in Linux thing is a lark. Anything you might do in the Linux kernel that you might do in Rust would be much more cleanly and easily achieved in C++, if not for Linus's rabid diatribes: every single thing he criticizes in C++ is in Rust, too. The inventor of the RCU synchronization primitive the kernel relies on spends most of his time with C++.

So, I expect Linux kernel Rust will fizzle, regardless of what happens elsewhere. Maybe Redox will get traction, or Fuschia kernel will be recoded in Rust.