Re:Deno will stop using TypeScript
by yawaramin on Sunday June 21, 2020 @04:32PM
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'Forgive me, but when I program I know what memory I allocated, whether they are accessed within their proper bounds, and whether they are all deallocated properly.'
'Percentage of memory safety issues has been hovering at 70 percent for the past 12 years.'
And this is not just Microsoft–it's a pretty consistent finding across industry, that when programming in C/C++, memory safety issues make up around 65% to 70% of all issues.
What this tells us is that people in general can't guarantee the safety of their code, but an automated checker can.
Meanwhile: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-70-percent-of-all-se...
'Percentage of memory safety issues has been hovering at 70 percent for the past 12 years.'
And this is not just Microsoft–it's a pretty consistent finding across industry, that when programming in C/C++, memory safety issues make up around 65% to 70% of all issues.
What this tells us is that people in general can't guarantee the safety of their code, but an automated checker can.