Re:Rust is now overall faster than C in benchmarks
by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @06:39AM
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> It's not like that is hard to fix
In an embedded context, such bugs may be extremely costly to fix, if it's even possible.
> modern compilers will flag uninitialized variables
Reading uninitialized variables is one of the more easily prevented forms of undefined behaviour. As pjmlp points out, undefined behaviour in C/C++ programs is one of the major sources of security vulnerabilities in today's software.
In an embedded context, such bugs may be extremely costly to fix, if it's even possible.
> modern compilers will flag uninitialized variables
Reading uninitialized variables is one of the more easily prevented forms of undefined behaviour. As pjmlp points out, undefined behaviour in C/C++ programs is one of the major sources of security vulnerabilities in today's software.