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I agree that Rust is the better language because it gives you the safe tools by default. Smart pointers are no panacea for memory safety in C++ though: even if
by tomjakubowski 4y ago
I agree that Rust is the better language because it gives you the safe tools by default.
Smart pointers are no panacea for memory safety in C++ though: even if you use them fastidiously, avoiding raw pointer access, iterator invalidation or OOB access will come for you. The minute you allocate and have to resize, you're exposed.
- dagmx 4y agoYeah that’s definitely true. Anytime I use any C++ api that I did not write or analyze at my best is a shotgun waiting to go off. Hell, even then, that assumes I know enough to catch everything. I’ve recently been doing security analysis of some very popular repos and C++ is terrifying at times. Rust isn’t perfect but it gives me so much more trust in everything I do.