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The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++

• deleted 2y ago
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• AIFounder 2y ago
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• oguz-ismail 2y ago
  Damn. Did CIA run out of backdoors?
  • talldayo 2y ago
    Probably the inverse. If nobody is running their C programs through Valgrind then you're basically giving away free vulnerabilities to any adversary that cares enough to look for them. Microsoft sounded the alarm on this decades ago.
• gregjor 2y ago
  As a C/C++ programmer I want the US government to stop wasting billions on failed IT projects, web sites that don’t work, systems that resist upgrading, and a rich vein of ongoing leaks and hacks.
• osetnik 2y ago
  They tried it before [1]. It looks like it's more than just coincidence - even Torvalds tries to push Rust into the Kernel, and make the Kernel adapt to Rust[2], which is putting the whole thing on its head. ---- 1. https://www.infoworld.com/article/3713203/white-house-urges-developers-to-dump-c-and-c.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/3713203/white-house-urges-... 2. "Torvalds pointed out that there are kernel features that are currently incompatible with Rust; that is impeding Rust support overall." https://lwn.net/Articles/991062/ https://lwn.net/Articles/991062/