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Embedded Rust in Production?

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205 points michidk | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 06:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.289s | source
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baq ◴[14 Oct 24 07:45 UTC] No.41835199[source]▶
As expected, the people problem is the biggest factor. Turns out getting C folks to learn Rust is a difficult proposition (hello, lkml) but the other way around it isn't too much of a problem.

I wonder how much of it is low-level experienced developers only ever using C fail to see that C is not the universally best tool (or, 'if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail' question).

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1. ndiddy ◴[14 Oct 24 10:25 UTC] No.41836108[source]▶
The article says that the author wanted to hire someone who knows both Rust and C to maintain his company's embedded projects, but was unwilling to hire a C developer and wait for them to learn Rust. I'm not sure how this supports your point. I would argue that it's more that most companies aren't willing to let their employees spend a significant amount of time learning new skills.