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Is Rust really safer? It's memory safe, but you can still have all the other fuck ups and vulnerabilities that other apps have.
by m00x 6y ago
Is Rust really safer? It's memory safe, but you can still have all the other fuck ups and vulnerabilities that other apps have.
- psexec 6y agoHow many times are we going to have this discussion? > ~70% of the vulnerabilities Microsoft assigns a CVE each year continue to be memory safety issues https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/16/a-proactive-approach-to-more-secure-code/ https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/16/a-proactive-appro... There are similar reports from other organizations.
- Certhas 6y agoThe logical structure of your statement is: Are five apples and two oranges really more food than two oranges? You have apples, but you still only have two oranges.
- PudgePacket 6y ago> safer For any reasonable definition of "safer", yes. 100% safe? no.