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> Caveat: Saying “Just write it in rust” won’t change the fact that writing secure software is hard. Absolutely. It's just that statistically the memory safety
by pdimitar 5y ago
> Caveat: Saying “Just write it in rust” won’t change the fact that writing secure software is hard.
Absolutely. It's just that statistically the memory safety bugs have been the dominant percent of all the bugs, so rewriting core tools in a memory-safe language does make sense.
- afarrell 5y agoIndeed. Time & attention are limited resources. By eliminating the dominant class of bugs you have more time and attention for more subtle bugs.
- pdimitar 5y ago> Time & attention are limited resources. By eliminating the dominant class of bugs you have more time and attention for more subtle bugs. Beautifully articulated.