3 ms·

I'm getting really tired of these clickbait headlines. Nowhere in this article does it assert the title

• tinktank 7y ago
  I just read it again, and this comes off as another indirect push for Mirage/Unikernels. I hope it isn't and I'm just being cynical.
  • justincormack 7y ago
    (author here, ex-C programmer) its not. Its just against C, and the dependence we have built on it, and the huge number of issues we are seeing now. I don't care what memory safe language you use. A safe userspace for Linux is achievable without as much change as unikernels.
• masklinn 7y ago
  Although it uses different words (as noted in an other comment, the title here is based on the line the author used on Twitter), but the conclusion is the same sentiment worded differently: > Memory unsafe languages are not going to get better, or safe. It is time to move on. and this is based on an entire article making the case that fuzzing is what reveals the vulnerabilities, and thus both shows and makes memory-unsafe languages untenable: fuzzing by white hats reveals how full of holes these programs are, but fuzzing by black hats shows them what has exploit potential in a much more significant and systematic manner than manual exploit research.
• pjmlp 7y ago
  Maybe it would help to write those guidelines here instead of complaining all the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/submit https://news.ycombinator.com/submit It is not like everyone is aware of some magical comment describing the HN submission rules.