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Re:Bugs Rust Won't Catch by adrian_b on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @06:07AM (#47946254)
Yes, but the point was that rewriting something in Rust is not sufficient per se to prevent such bugs.

The goal claimed by all these rewrites is the elimination of bugs.

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Re:Bugs Rust Won't Catch by saghm on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @07:03AM (#47946645)
The "elimination of bugs" is not synonymous with "the elimination of all bugs". The way you're presenting it, any single bug in a rewrite would be grounds to consider the the entire endeavor a failure, which is a ridiculous standard.

There are plenty of strong arguments to be made against rewriting something in Rust, but this is a pretty weak one.

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