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I have been following such efforts (esp. of MS) in C++ for years - progress is so slow. Feels like a slug that halfs it's speed regularly and thus will never ar
by tffgg 5y ago
I have been following such efforts (esp. of MS) in C++ for years - progress is so slow.
Feels like a slug that halfs it's speed regularly and thus will never arrive at the finish line
- pjmlp 5y agoMe too, however I am the opinion that I rather having something that improves the status quo than nothing at all, specially because there are millions of C and C++ lines of code that no matter what will never be rewritten. I will consider Microsoft is fully into Rust when Azure Sphere supports Rust instead of being a C only SDK, despite its security marketing. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/internet-of-things/developing-secure-coding-in-azure-sphere/ba-p/1796510 https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/internet-of-things/de... The first step in reducing those 70% is to actually use the tools that exist, but unfortunelly the macho attitute is still quite prevalent. https://isocpp.org/files/papers/CppDevSurvey-2021-04-summary.pdf https://isocpp.org/files/papers/CppDevSurvey-2021-04-summary... Those that are open to embrace Rust, are most likely already using static analyzers.