Rust lobbyists winning

  • OprahsedCreature
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    17 days ago

    Am I wrong or is this a strong point in favor of c/c++? I’d generally want to do whatever the opposite is of what the FBI would like me to do.

    • GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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      17 days ago

      “critical software” here refers to weapons systems, spying systems, government surveillance systems, cyberwarfare software, etc.

      Do you work on critical software

    • blame [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      17 days ago

      their reasoning is that rust (and perhaps others) that can be used in place of c or c++ have stronger compile time memory and thread safety checking which are two major sources of bugs and exploit vectors. So it’s not like they’re infiltrating the language in this case the way they would with crypto.

    • bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml
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      17 days ago

      It’s not really a strong point. C++ has its place for graphics programming and gamedev and C has its place for embedded, but Rust would be a better choice for something like a cryptography app to help revolutionaries communicate for example.