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Recently the federal government issued a security advisory encouraging all new development to be done in Rust. I'm not sure the extent of which agencies this wa
by johnwatson11218 2y ago
Recently the federal government issued a security advisory encouraging all new development to be done in Rust. I'm not sure the extent of which agencies this was meant to cover but it struck me as very unrealistic having just done years of java development for a state agency.
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/02/white-house-urges-software-developers-use-memory-safe-programming-languages/394455/ https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/02/white-house-ur...
- detaro 2y agoIt doesn't say that, no. Even in the title it says "memory-safe languages", which of course includes Java. Rust is "only" mentioned in the context of a C / C++ replacement, which tends to be a different area.
- johnwatson11218 2y agoYes that is correct, I had read a different article that had a more rust first focus. I just tried to google for a reference to the news release I was referencing, but yea it doesn't really support my comment :(
- 77pt77 2y ago> the federal government issued a security advisory Well, I guess that's it... Maybe rust will take the same path as Ada.
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