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Re:Eliminating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities at the Source by jnwatson on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @06:19PM (#41652472)
Java and Kotlin are used for apps. Rust is used for new system software.

Across Google, Go is used for some system software, but I haven't seen it used in Android.

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Re:Eliminating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities at the Source by GeekyBear on Thursday September 26, 2024 @02:32PM (#41661621)
Google attempted to write a network stack in Go for their Fuchsia OS, but it had to be ripped out and rewritten for performance reasons.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22409838

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