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Torvalds Speaks: Rust attracts young developers to kernel

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Linus Torvalds discusses how integrating Rust into the Linux kernel helps attract younger developers to systems programming.

While acknowledging the ageing trend, Linus sees it as a good problem due to the experienced and committed community members. He also mentioned that Rust integration to the kernel attracts young developers.

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