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RustConf 2017 - Closing Keynote: Safe Systems Software and the Future of Computing by Joe Duffy

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What it is

Joe Duffy's RustConf 2017 closing keynote on his experience at Microsoft building Midori, an operating system written in a Rust-like safe systems language. He covers the technical and cultural challenges of applying those lessons to Windows.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN repeatedly cites it for Midori lessons: compatibility matters for adoption, and the Windows team stayed sceptical even with Midori running real workloads.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “I summarized this excellent talk here [1], but one of the main points is that compatibility with existing systems is important for adoption.”

    Joe Duffy on Midori lessons: compatibility matters, rewrite unit by unit.

    chubot, 2017-09 · Recommendation · in “Some Were Meant for C: The Endurance of an Unmanageable Language [pdf]”

  2. “Midori and Rust have several striking similarities”

    Keynote on Midori and Rust's similarities and software quality.

    shepmaster, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “Blogging about Midori (2015)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: midori, rust, operating systems, microsoft, memory safety

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