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> The time people spend fighting the Rust compiler for a project, they could have just written secure C I simply don't believe this anymore, based on the numbe
by hmry 2y ago
> The time people spend fighting the Rust compiler for a project, they could have just written secure C
I simply don't believe this anymore, based on the number of buffer overflow and memory corruption CVEs coming out of even mature C codebases every year
- jdefr89 2y agoCVEs are being assigned recklessly these days. Most of them aren't even security bugs and or cannot be exploited. Be wary of CVEs and their practical utility. Also this is a good read from AFL creator lcamtuf: https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/a-reactionary-take-on-memory-safety https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/a-reactionary-take-on-memory-...