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		ksec on Dec 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ada's dependent types, and its types as a whole >ended up with Rust in the kernel but not Ada Linus hated Ada. I suspect he doesn't exactly like Rust either but the Tribe is just too strong within Linux.

Jtsummers on Dec 29, 2024 [–]

Do you have a source for that? I've found his remarks on Pascal and C++ but not Ada.

ksec on Dec 30, 2024 | [–]

Linus' opinion on Ada (vs Rust):

> We've had the system people who used Modula-2 or Ada, and I have to say Rust looks a lot better than either of those two disasters.

https://www.infoworld.com/article/2247741/linux-at-25-linus-...

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