Re:Glibc getaddrinfo stack-based buffer overflow
by autoreleasepool on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @11:59AM
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I mean, what problem is this solving?
There's no technical reason why it can't be done, true. It's still a hilariously bad idea that would never succeed. That's aside from the fact that's a completely pointless wheel-reinventing endeavor. Rewrites in general are pretty difficult to justify.
Sorry, I guess my aggressively pragmatic side is showing today. The idea is really dumb.
To be honest, "Let's rewrite the C standard library in Rust" is one of the worst pieces of bikeshedding drivel I've ever read. And I like Rust 100 times more than I like C.
There's no technical reason why it can't be done, true. It's still a hilariously bad idea that would never succeed. That's aside from the fact that's a completely pointless wheel-reinventing endeavor. Rewrites in general are pretty difficult to justify.
Sorry, I guess my aggressively pragmatic side is showing today. The idea is really dumb.
To be honest, "Let's rewrite the C standard library in Rust" is one of the worst pieces of bikeshedding drivel I've ever read. And I like Rust 100 times more than I like C.