Re:Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software
by pid_0 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:00PM
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>There is a python library that recently switched to rust (partially) and now cannot be build on several platforms.
Progress should not be held back for the rest of us because a few will get left behind. If you are running something so old that LLVM doesn't support it, upgrade. It's 2021.
Re:Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software
by varajelle on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:11PM
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LLVM does not support every proprietary embedded device. And even if it did, rust support does not come for free. (One must add support for the target ABI and other stuff)
Progress should not be held back for the rest of us because a few will get left behind. If you are running something so old that LLVM doesn't support it, upgrade. It's 2021.