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Re:Safe and Secure Drivers in High-Level Languages [video] by pjmlp on Sunday December 30, 2018 @08:56AM (#18789175)
> You can use the patterns described in the C++ Core Guidelines, and end up with something quite rusty, only without fully-automated checking.

Also known as the mythical "only other programmers commit errors, I am always correct".

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Re:Safe and Secure Drivers in High-Level Languages [video] by asdkhadsj on Sunday December 30, 2018 @09:16AM (#18789263)
Yea, I'm not sure what point was being made there. Rust isn't about being faster than C, it's about not letting you make mistakes you can make in C/etc.

If you could somehow write perfect code in a timely manner, you'd have no need for Rust. You'd likely also be a unicorn.

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