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This is the argument against re-writing the linux base utils in rust. When they've had such widespread use for decades, a hell of a lot of bugs have been ironed
by ChrisRR 1y ago
This is the argument against re-writing the linux base utils in rust. When they've had such widespread use for decades, a hell of a lot of bugs have been ironed out
- bombcar 1y agoEspecially since memory bugs are only a subset of all bugs, and (perhaps) not even the most important subset. Memory bugs are often implicated in security issues, but other bugs are more likely to cause data loss, corruption, etc.