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Re:Rav1e, an AV1 encoder written in Rust and assembly by m00x on Sunday June 14, 2020 @02:07AM (#23515485)
Is Rust really safer? It's memory safe, but you can still have all the other fuck ups and vulnerabilities that other apps have.
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Re:Rav1e, an AV1 encoder written in Rust and assembly by psexec on Sunday June 14, 2020 @02:11AM (#23515503)
How many times are we going to have this discussion?

> ~70% of the vulnerabilities Microsoft assigns a CVE each year continue to be memory safety issues

https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/16/a-proactive-appro...

There are similar reports from other organizations.

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Re:Rav1e, an AV1 encoder written in Rust and assembly by Certhas on Sunday June 14, 2020 @02:22AM (#23515540)
The logical structure of your statement is: Are five apples and two oranges really more food than two oranges? You have apples, but you still only have two oranges.
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Re:Rav1e, an AV1 encoder written in Rust and assembly by PudgePacket on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:13AM (#23515941)
> safer

For any reasonable definition of "safer", yes. 100% safe? no.

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