Re:Full-time open source with Andrew Kelley
by noch on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @07:08PM
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> I don’t personally understand why I would choose Zig over Rust. I think it’s long past time we closed the book on unsafe languages as a profession.
You might be interested in looking at the CVE list for Rust programs before you conclude that safety (programming as a safe space?) is the highest principle we should aspire to.
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=Rust
From a first principles basis: Time will probably reveal that languages that give us accurate insights into what the hardware is doing, and thus give us better control of hardware, will yield higher programmer productivity and software quality, in the long run.
You might be interested in looking at the CVE list for Rust programs before you conclude that safety (programming as a safe space?) is the highest principle we should aspire to. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=Rust
From a first principles basis: Time will probably reveal that languages that give us accurate insights into what the hardware is doing, and thus give us better control of hardware, will yield higher programmer productivity and software quality, in the long run.