gets(3C) is a standard C library function; it has nothing whatsoever to do with C the language. Proof:
Standard C Library Functions gets(3C)
NAME
gets, fgets - get a string from a stream
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
char *gets(char *s);
char *fgets(char *s, int n, FILE *stream);
Rust is targeted at people who write system code in C (me).
But how the hell are you going to appeal to my demographic group, when you don't distinguish between libc and C the programming language?
What actually matters is, how much pain do you feel when upgrading to a new version of the language?
And this is where you (plural) err: take the illumos source code, for example. Take the GNU/Linux source code! No, take the OpenBSD or FreeBSD source code. How many lines of C code does any of those code bases have? You expect us to rip it all out and replace it with a different language. What is our cost of replacement?
That's the burning issue! And even that's ignoring the fact that the syntax of Rust and the concepts like borrowing are insane, and map to nothing in the experience of your target demographic, the system programmers.
gets(3C) is a standard C library function; it has nothing whatsoever to do with C the language. Proof:
Rust is targeted at people who write system code in C (me). But how the hell are you going to appeal to my demographic group, when you don't distinguish between libc and C the programming language?What actually matters is, how much pain do you feel when upgrading to a new version of the language?
And this is where you (plural) err: take the illumos source code, for example. Take the GNU/Linux source code! No, take the OpenBSD or FreeBSD source code. How many lines of C code does any of those code bases have? You expect us to rip it all out and replace it with a different language. What is our cost of replacement?
That's the burning issue! And even that's ignoring the fact that the syntax of Rust and the concepts like borrowing are insane, and map to nothing in the experience of your target demographic, the system programmers.