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Of course there are. Swift might be a viable alternative. There are also up-and-coming languages like Zig. But, like it or not, Rust has the best combination of
by UncleMeat 5y ago
Of course there are. Swift might be a viable alternative. There are also up-and-coming languages like Zig. But, like it or not, Rust has the best combination of features, mindshare, and community to make it a viable path for businesses today or in the very near future.
- pjmlp 5y agoOnly for domains where automatic memory management is not an option, kernels, hypervisors, high integrity computing, GPGPU,... Also I should note that NVidia, prefered to go with Ada/SPARK instead of Rust for their automotive firmware.
- UncleMeat 5y agoSure, Ada/SPARK is another option. Listing out the various potential choices people can make is not especially interesting to me. I don't personally care about Rust. I care about people taking action to solve a frankly embarrassing problem in our industry.
- pjmlp 5y agoLiabity would be a good push turning into reality. https://www.thomashelbing.com/en/whitepaper-templates-checklists/liability-and-warranty-software-under-german-law-guide-limit-your https://www.thomashelbing.com/en/whitepaper-templates-checkl...
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoThat would, depending on implementation, either have limited impact (if it only applied in the context of a commercial relationship), or destroy FOSS (if it didn't).
- pjmlp 5y agoThe usual argument, health inspections don't destroy the little business selling sandwiches on the corner, or street regulations and those doing their own home made car.