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Re:The benefits and costs of writing a POSIX kernel in a hig... by majewsky on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @05:24AM (#18174424)
> Adding a GC would yield more than 12% reduction in vulnerabilities and bug count

Also when compared to Rust-style lifetimes? (Did Redox OS have any CVEs yet?)

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Re:The benefits and costs of writing a POSIX kernel in a hig... by lossolo on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @09:51PM (#18181398)
Does anyone is using Redox OS ? I don't see how you can compare OS used in hundreds of millions servers to one that is used nowhere in case of CVE. No one is probably searching for CVEs in Redox OS compared to Linux Kernel.
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