Joe Duffy on Midori and Safe Systems Software

Confreaks · Talk · 43 min · 2017 · YouTube title: RustConf 2017 - Closing Keynote: Safe Systems Software and the Future of Computing by Joe Duffy

Why it's here

HN repeatedly cites it for Midori lessons: compatibility matters for adoption, and the Windows team stayed sceptical even with Midori running real workloads.

What it covers

Joe Duffy's RustConf 2017 closing keynote on his experience at Microsoft building Midori, an operating system written in a Rust-like safe systems language. He covers the technical and cultural challenges of applying those lessons to Windows.