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> So far the only solid use case for Rust that I have seen in applications where security is extremely important. Playing devil's advocate, when is security n
by tines 3y ago
> So far the only solid use case for Rust that I have seen in applications where security is extremely important.
Playing devil's advocate, when is security not extremely important, except maybe in throwaway bash script-type applications?
- ronsor 3y ago* Toy one-off scripts, not even shell scripts necessarily * Small things for one's personal use or local network use only * Quickly prototyped experiments, as long as they're not used in production
- cshimmin 3y ago* academic/scientific research
- TillE 3y agoGames. The attack surface for third-party input is very limited, and you can just secure those bits rather than adopting a new language for the entire program. Like, you need to be able to sandbox mods if they're a thing, and Rust's memory safety only handles a tiny part of that.