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Funding bodies should consider spending money on boring maintenance and reimplementation of critical infrastructure in languages safer than C (e.g. Rust, but th
by nextos 5y ago
Funding bodies should consider spending money on boring maintenance and reimplementation of critical infrastructure in languages safer than C (e.g. Rust, but there are other interesting alternatives). We would avoid many future fiascos.
- ipaddr 5y agoReimplementation in rust sounds like you are trying to take much needs critical infrastrcture money and spend it on a fun project with small real world benefits. Boring things like documentation and security patches would go further.
- Jweb_Guru 5y agoGoogle disagrees. They might know something you don't.
- lelanthran 5y ago> Funding bodies should consider spending money on boring maintenance and reimplementation of critical infrastructure in languages safer than C (e.g. Rust, but there are other interesting alternatives). And here's where it all breaks down - the most vocal proponents of how the money should be used would be those who want to see a particular tech stack survive/grow. The way it is right now, being far from ideal, is better than having the loudest activists picking the winners.