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That part was a quote from the NSA. He didn't omit it. But I agree his argument would have been stronger if added to the list the most realistic C++ competitors
by drewm1980 4y ago
That part was a quote from the NSA. He didn't omit it. But I agree his argument would have been stronger if added to the list the most realistic C++ competitors and differentiated against those instead of the more dynamic languages.
- oytis 4y agoLooks like there are two lists in the linked document - one of them includes Rust and the other doesn't. My bad.
- 1wd 4y agoThe quoted document has two similar sentences, one on page 3 includes Rust, one on page 5 does not: > Examples of memory safe language include C#, Go, Java®, Ruby™, Rust®, and Swift®. > Some examples of memory safe languages are C#, Go, Java, Ruby™, and Swift®. https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/10/2003112742/-1/-1/0/CSI_SOFTWARE_MEMORY_SAFETY.PDF https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/10/2003112742/-1/-1/0/CSI... Stroustrup quotes the second one without Rust.