Re:Memory safe ‘curl’ for a more secure internet
by dpc_pw on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:23PM
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> they almost always compile and run
Same in Rust. Actually, it's quite better than in C. The only time Rust projects fail to compile is when they pull in some C library and something there (like configure.ac) messed up. :D
And if this C project does anything interesting it pulls in bunch of C libraries that came precompiled with your OS, and might be stale and contain unpatched security vulns.
C/C++ developers pointing at other languages about dependency hell is a curiosity.
Same in Rust. Actually, it's quite better than in C. The only time Rust projects fail to compile is when they pull in some C library and something there (like configure.ac) messed up. :D
And if this C project does anything interesting it pulls in bunch of C libraries that came precompiled with your OS, and might be stale and contain unpatched security vulns.
C/C++ developers pointing at other languages about dependency hell is a curiosity.