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Bryan Cantrill on rewriting operating systems in Rust

InfoQ · Talk · 1 h 9 min · 2019 · YouTube title: Is It Time to Rewrite the Operating System in Rust?
Why it's here

Cited in debates about Rust versus C as a thoughtful systems programmer's account of falling for Rust.

What it covers

Bryan Cantrill's QCon SF 2019 talk asking whether operating systems should be rewritten in Rust. He draws on his systems experience to discuss C, memory safety and Rust's fit for system software.