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Re:Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software by emteycz on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:23AM (#26180079)
No, C and Rust definitely don't do the same things. If the project is open source, I don't see how any maintenance concerns are relevant - everybody can judge for themselves.
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Re:Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software by gordian-mind on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:53AM (#26181279)
It's not that smart to mistake the purpose or specification of a program, with its implementation.

Anyway, if everybody can judge for themselves, then I guess it's cool to judge that giving Google an inch over many critical open source projects is a horrible idea.

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Re:Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software by cycloptic on Thursday February 18, 2021 @02:03PM (#26184034)
You speak as if it's impossible for someone outside Google to maintain a project that isn't written in C++ or C...
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Re:Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software by emteycz on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:58AM (#26181356)
Sure, nobody says you have to use their software. But don't claim that they don't give back or that it's purposeless.
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