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> It makes me wonder why Google wouldn’t put their efforts into using Rust, for example. Well some newer projects in Chrome/Chromium are written in Rust so for
by rifung 8y ago
> It makes me wonder why Google wouldn’t put their efforts into using Rust, for example.
Well some newer projects in Chrome/Chromium are written in Rust so for what it's worth there is some effort.
I believe just yesterday the security team published a document which recommended avoiding unsafe languages for safety critical code: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/security/rule-of-2.md https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs...
- fabrice_d 8y agoI don't see Rust in the list of approved safe languages for chromium at https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/security/rule-of-2.md#safe-languages https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs...
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- Jwarder 8y agoIs there an actual list of approved languages? Rust is listed a little higher in that link in the section about avoiding unsafe implementation languages. Given that they list it as a counterexample of things to avoid I would assume that means it is good, but that is no sure thing.
- rifung 8y agoI don't think that's a list of approved languages but "likely candidates"? But apologies perhaps I confused Chromium for Chromium OS: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/rust_on_cros.md https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/r...