News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Securing tomorrow's software: the need for memory safety standards. Parent comment

Re:Securing tomorrow's software: the need for memory safety ... by musicale on Thursday February 27, 2025 @08:52PM (#43200759)
> Fil-C is faster than CHERI

Except for those GC pauses...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Securing tomorrow's software: the need for memory safety ... by pizlonator on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:03AM (#43206367)
No GC pauses. Fil-C uses a concurrent GC.

For CHERI to be fully safe, it basically needs a GC. They just call it something else. They need it to clean up capabilities to things that were freed, which is the same thing that Fil-C uses GC for.

[ Parent | on HN ]