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If you are that good in C(pp), I guess understanding rust code of a module is not sooo hard.. I mean, I learned what I know about C from reading stuff in the Kernel that made my embedded Linux project not working.
But I have yet to read rust.
It's a whole different ballgame. I've written a good amount of C and C++ in my day. I've been learning Rust for a year or so now. Switching between allocating your own memory and managing it, and the concept of "Ownership" https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch04-01-what-is-ownership.html is just something many devs set in their ways aren't willing to do.
I understand where they're coming from, I've gone through massive refactors with new tech in my career. I think this approach needs to be more methodical and cautious than it is, but I don't think they are correct in the end result. I think a memory-safe language is the way to go, and it needs to happen.
This to me is a classic software project with no manager and a bunch of devs arguing internally with no clear external goals. There needs to be definitive goals set over a timeline. If someone doesn't agree after a consensus is reached they can leave the project. But as of now I think as others have said this is 80% infighting, 20% actual work that's happening.