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C is considered harmful. They should rewrite it in Rust.
by grougnax 9mo ago
C is considered harmful. They should rewrite it in Rust.
- huhtenberg 9mo agoIt's either trolling or sarcasm. May be both.
- grougnax 9mo agoNot trolling. Everyone knows C is not safe.
- alexpadula 9mo agoC is safe if you know how to write it. Jokes aside yes you need to be more careful.
- Rochus 9mo agoLife as a whole is not safe, and not everyone seems to be aware of this.
- rvz 9mo agoThey actually should. As such a rewrite went so well for sudo-rs.
- 112233 9mo agoThe article mentions 100% code coverage with tests as one of requirements from their users, and having "safe languages" emit defensive asserts and checks when compiling correct code means 100% branch coverage is impossible. How do you propose to address it with rust?
- alexpadula 9mo agoWhat
- Rochus 9mo ago> They should rewrite it in Rust. Why they? You should do it.
- fwgijcqywqeo 9mo agoindeed