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Rust isn't "magic pixie dust" to remove all security issues. It's just a massive improvement over what we already have -- look at how many security vulnerabilit
by moosingin3space 10y ago
Rust isn't "magic pixie dust" to remove all security issues. It's just a massive improvement over what we already have -- look at how many security vulnerabilities in web browsers (which largely use Modern C++ techniques) are due to Use-after-Free bugs. Just because it doesn't prevent all bugs doesn't mean it's worthless.
- ktRolster 10y agoIf someone has the mindset that "the programming language will make it so I don't have to think about bugs" then it is guaranteed that you will have more bugs. If you want good code, you need to think, in every language.
- heinrich5991 10y agoYou need to worry about less things in Rust.
- asveikau 10y agoBingo. And I would go further and say: the people who prefer to leave details to others are exactly the people who will write filesystem race conditions like this bug and not understand what they have done.