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Re:Chromium project finds that 70% of security defects are m... by thePunisher on Sunday May 24, 2020 @12:56PM (#23292812)
Both Java and C# are designed for memory-safety but not thread-safety; Rust is.

Considering many of the software problems we face have some connection to thread-safety, Rust is the way to go.

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Re:Chromium project finds that 70% of security defects are m... by pjmlp on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:50AM (#23320509)
I would consider that the way to go is multi-processes instead, and secure every critical module on their own OS sandbox.

Threading seemed a good idea that went wrong.

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