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Re:Why you should, actually, rewrite some of it in Rust by pjmlp on Thursday July 13, 2017 @11:33AM (#14762144)
Not really, the part you are missing is that it is easier and cheaper not to have C or C++ compilers available at all.
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Re:Why you should, actually, rewrite some of it in Rust by kazinator on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:36PM (#14762727)
No, what I mean that if those same people were running a C++ shop rather than a Java shop, they could be equally and just as effectively draconian in their enforcement.
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Re:Why you should, actually, rewrite some of it in Rust by pjmlp on Thursday July 13, 2017 @01:11PM (#14763053)
Ah I get your point, but static analysers and sanitizers aren't able to find all unsafe issues, specially if binary dependencies are involved.

This is why on Solaris there is OS support via SPARC instructions to enforce bounds and valid pointer use, for example.

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