Linus' opinion on Ada (vs Rust):
> We've had the system people who used Modula-2 or Ada, and I have to say Rust looks a lot better than either of those two disasters.
From: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3109150/linux-at-25-linus-...
Linus' opinion on Ada (vs Rust):
> We've had the system people who used Modula-2 or Ada, and I have to say Rust looks a lot better than either of those two disasters.
From: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3109150/linux-at-25-linus-...
Not sure whether I agree with him calling Modula-2 and Ada disasters. But his statement about programming languages not solving problems by themselves applies to a lot more than just operating systems.
Complete opinion here but this is my take on anything Linus.
Linus has learned that anything he says is potentially going to quoted and quoted over and over again. So it seems like he only talks in extremes now. I always tend to look at it like he likes rust more than the other two and nothing more.
If he said the other 2 are alright, people would run with that quote, and vice versa.
I do not see any reasons given for why he considers Ada a disaster. Cannot really do much with this opinion as it is.