Torvalds is ambivalent to rust he just wanted to see if it worked out. If we're appealing to authority here's his response a few weeks after the mail you poste

Torvalds is ambivalent to rust he just wanted to see if it worked out. If we're appealing to authority here's his response a few weeks after the mail you posted: https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/9/19/1105#1105.php https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/9/19/1105#1105.php