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Re:Would Rust have prevented Heartbleed? Another look by pcwalton on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @06:43PM (#9222154)
> That's truey, but not particularly interesting. Most languages can't be dropped easily into C programs.

I don't see how the fact that most languages can't be dropped into C programs makes the fact that Rust can not interesting. It seems to me to imply the opposite.

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Re:Would Rust have prevented Heartbleed? Another look by tptacek on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @10:28PM (#9223228)
Fair enough! I just get itchy at this refrain about Rust rewriting OpenSSL because again: Golang crypto/tls is an achievement. It is a seriously nice piece of code. It didn't need a uniquely great language (golang isn't that), just a uniquely talented TLS implementor.
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