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The coreutils Rust rewrite story (infosec.exchange)

submitted 6 months ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Then what's this push to rust everything? Even shit thats not a particular risk for memory safety?

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[–] anti_antidote@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 months ago

Have you considered that maybe it's just pleasant to write software in?

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