Re:Pointers Are More Abstract Than You Might Expect in C
by bluejekyll on Monday July 02, 2018 @04:50PM
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> that's still personal opinion, even if grounded in experience
I just wanted to make it clear how and why I've formed that opinion.
> unless we want to argue that all bugs are safety issues
Yes, I can definitely be accused of expanding the definition of safety to include all things that cause programs to crash in horrible ways. I look at it as differing levels of guarantees the language makes for you, and Rust makes many more at compile time than others. This adds to the learning curve you mention, is it worth it? Completely depends on if you see those guarantees as valuable.
I just wanted to make it clear how and why I've formed that opinion.
> unless we want to argue that all bugs are safety issues
Yes, I can definitely be accused of expanding the definition of safety to include all things that cause programs to crash in horrible ways. I look at it as differing levels of guarantees the language makes for you, and Rust makes many more at compile time than others. This adds to the learning curve you mention, is it worth it? Completely depends on if you see those guarantees as valuable.