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People use the tools they have available and understand. Rust, at the time this bug was introduced into sudo, was barely a year old, and hadn't even released 0
by eqvinox 6y ago
People use the tools they have available and understand. Rust, at the time this bug was introduced into sudo, was barely a year old, and hadn't even released 0.1 yet.
Also, the sarcasm in your comment really doesn't help your message.
- pjmlp 6y agoI have been advocating against C since comp.lang.c days, no need for lessons about how to market something that the audience obviously isn't interested into paying attention. The first systems programming language that would prevented this kind of exploit was written in 1961, 10 years before C was invented.
- eqvinox 6y agoNeither of these is an excuse for the condescending, snarky tone. [Ed.: Actually, the tone is probably a factor in the audience not being interested.] [Ed. 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21490714 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21490714 ]
- pjmlp 6y agoAs usual in everything tech related, it depends.
- nahuel0x 6y agoNote, beyond all sarcasm, I adhere. At least all critical pieces like sudo must be rewritten in a safer language than C.