Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C | ZDNet
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The Linux kernel's foundation is the ancient C89 standard of C. Now, Torvalds has decided to upgrade to 2011's more modern C11 standard.
  • ksynwa@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    How is the direction to be taken for kernel development decided? Is Linus something like the CEO of the Linux Foundation?

    • CHEF-KOCH@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 years ago

      Linux Foundation has a research division who do research on several things.

      There are also other factors too that decide the direction, but usually there is lots of discussion and testing first. When Rust came out Linux tried and said it is not ready yet because he found several drawbacks, I speculate he did the same, some practical tests, then more research, discussions and now he adopts new standards.