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If your main concern is security bugs, then according to Microsoft[0] about 70% of their bugs were memory-safety related. [0]: https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/
by wazzaps 4y ago
If your main concern is security bugs, then according to Microsoft[0] about 70% of their bugs were memory-safety related.
[0]: https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/22/why-rust-for-safe-systems-programming/ https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/22/why-rust-for-safe...
- wooque 4y agoMost people don't write operating systems or write software in C/C++, so memory safety bugs are not big concern.
- kelnos 4y ago> ... or write software in C/C++ The article we've all supposedly read (but clearly some have not) is specifically talking about software written in a mix of C/C++ and Python.