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While saying "makes C safer than rust" is a good headline to get clicks, I feel like it invites comparisons that aren't helpful for advancing this project. Ins
by eminence32 3y ago
While saying "makes C safer than rust" is a good headline to get clicks, I feel like it invites comparisons that aren't helpful for advancing this project.
Instead, I think something like "Makes C safer than the C code you were using previously" is the better approach.
I haven't read every detail of this long post, but I do want to highlight something I strongly agree with:
> Interface informality is the root cause of unsafety
When writing C and C++, I've always felt an uneasy when passing a pointer to a function, because I don't really have a way of knowing if this is safe or not.
- akiarie 3y agoFair enough, I can see how it would seem that way. The comparison is not meant antagonistically, but almost as tongue-in-cheek. In making the comparison we're acknowledging that Rust is the touchstone for safety in today's (programming) world. Our praise for Rust in the article shows this.