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"Git and email are the two really only tools I use," Linus Torvalds said at Open Source Summit India 2026. But ZDNet reports that he also shared his thoughts on Rust, C, and patch-checking tools: "I use Google as a way to look things up." He added, "I'm unusual; most of the other maintainers end up using many more tools, and I think a lot of them are starting to use AI tools for patch checking," while he "works at a higher level. I work with people, not tools." When asked about Rust both in Git and the kernel, he pushed back against hype: "I'm not sure Rust is going to take over the world. I still think Rust is very interesting, [but] I still find C to be a much simpler tool." Torvalds continued, "I'm much more excited about all the tools we have for verification of C," including "automated patch verification tools" and "automated email checking tools for patches like Sashiko." Summing up, Torvalds told the Mumbai audience: "I'm more of a hack-and-slash kind of person, and I still like the raw and simple power of C, and I don't think that's going to change." Torvalds also warned against overestimating Rust's benefits: "Rust fixes a few easy bugs that you can make in C, but it does not fix the logic errors, right? It does not think for you, and when you write incorrect code, the language does not matter. The end result will be incorrect." On mixed C/Rust code bases, he pointed out that guarantees are limited: "The guarantees that Rust give you only apply in the Rust-only parts of your code base, and wherever you interact with C code, all bets are off," with most Rust code in Linux talking to "core kernel C code" that is "much better quality... because that code has been tested in every single environment." At the same time, Torvalds pointed out, "some of our big and more high-profile bugs in the kernel lately have been logic errors" rather than the kind of memory errors Rust prevents. "It was just bad programming, which sadly happens even in carefully maintained subsystems and important kernels that are supposed to be very secure."

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New polling suggests the British public would be more likely to support satirical candidate Count Binface than Nigel Farage in Clacton.

New polling suggests the British public would be more likely to support satirical candidate Count Binface than Nigel Farage in Clacton.

Sam Neill has died at the age of 78 just months after he revealed he was 'cancer-free' following a long battle with a type of blood cancer. 

Martha Ann Lillard, 78, died on June 26 having spent more than seventy years relying on the device.

A major outdoor concert series featuring the Scissor Sisters and Bananarama has been cancelled just weeks before it was due to take place.

A major outdoor concert series featuring the Scissor Sisters and Bananarama has been cancelled just weeks before it was due to take place.

Sigourney Weaver 'slapped' Shia LaBeouf's dad after he 'hit on her', the controversial actor has claimed.

Firefighters were called to a garden blaze in Hutton in the early hours.

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Firefighters were called to a garden blaze in Hutton in the early hours.

SHOPPING: Beauty lovers looking for long-lasting hydration without the dreaded greasy-feeling need look no further than this new launch from Garnier. 

More than 11million people in southern and eastern England are now under a hosepipe ban as the third heatwave of the year continues to grip the country.

An ISIS couple who enslaved and raped a pair of Yazidi girls for several years have been handed lengthy jail sentences by a German court. 

After weeks of falling pump prices, a fresh wave of US strikes over the weekend - in response to an Iranian attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz - is set to spark a rise in forecourt pricing.

An asylum seeker who knocked a young woman unconscious remained free for 10 weeks despite three arrest warrants - and was only caught after accidentally handing himself in to police.

Kate looked typically elegant as she joined William and their two eldest children Prince George and Princess Charlotte at Wimbledon on Sunday.

The Milky Way is even bigger than we thought, a new study has revealed.

Some 125 firefighters and 20 fire engines battled the blaze in Walthamstow, east London, as flames spread through the gardens and outbuildings of 30 properties.