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• geofft 11y ago
  Rowhammer is a very good point. Hrm. Rowhammer is basically mitigated if you don't let untrusted processes run CLFLUSH, right? That's sort of orthogonal to your choice of programming language (which might be your point, but then, I'm not sure I believe that Erlang or unikernels solves this either). It requires a world in which you've got something Native Client-like wrapping all userspace processes, which definitely seems like a good goal to work towards, and also seems easier to implement reliably in Rust than in C.
• topspin 11y ago
  Row_hammer You're citing a hardware flaw as a reason not to pursue programming tools and techniques that produce fewer software defects? That's a false dichotomy; we don't forego researching cancer treatments just because some of the people that are saved will end up getting shot. Earlier you wrote "Security is all or nothing". That's another amazingly bad point of view. There is no "all." Nothing is absolutely secure. There is only raising the bar. Important things are provided more protection than less important things. That is the best that can ever be achieved. Since your premise relies on a fiction your conclusions about the value of Rust are meaningless.