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We collectively accepted that we don’t care when we chose not to adopt memory-safe languages over the past decade+. The only difference now is that the resourc
by odyssey7 2mo ago
We collectively accepted that we don’t care when we chose not to adopt memory-safe languages over the past decade+.
The only difference now is that the resources to find the exploits are being commoditized.
- bottlepalm 2mo agoEverything could be written in memory safe languages and it wouldn’t matter. Many many many exploits have nothing to do with memory bugs. Languages like Rust help, but it’s far from panacea.
- musicale 2mo agoPeople voted with their dollars, and this is what we got. Same with hardware performance vs. security and isolation. As you note, the threat landscape has changed, so what may have made economic sense back then might no longer make as much sense.