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Everytime I see someone mention rust or c++ I stop reading. Might as well mention COBOL or FORTRAN in the list of 'good' languages, language used is irrelevant
by jmclnx 10y ago
Everytime I see someone mention rust or c++ I stop reading. Might as well mention COBOL or FORTRAN in the list of 'good' languages, language used is irrelevant.
Anyway it is a local exploit on an old release, not a good thing but containable.
- gshulegaard 10y agoApparently relevant reading from the article: > A language with a better type system, such as Rust or C++ (which has std::optional) can help prevent this kind of error. > That said, this is not about programming languages. > Rewriting systemd in a safer language would not transform it into quality software, ...