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Re:Heap-based buffer overflow in Sudo by kaba0 on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @07:39PM (#25922828)
Modernizes C language = Zig.

But I don’t see a point in using systems languages for the usual UNIX tools, they could be rewritten in a more secure language. In the rare case performance is important, there is FFI, but they are usually IO-bound so there is not much point.

Re:Heap-based buffer overflow in Sudo by SSLy on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @04:55AM (#25926238)
I agree about secure languages. Last week I was daydreaming about reimplementing all non-RT parts in Lua.