The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++(theregister.com)

11 pointsby rntn2 yıl önce4 comments

The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/the_us_government_wants_developers/

6 comments

osetnik2 yıl önce

They tried it before [1]. It looks like it's more than just coincidence - even Torvalds tries to push Rust into the Kernel, and make the Kernel adapt to Rust[2], which is putting the whole thing on its head.

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1. https://www.infoworld.com/article/3713203/white-house-urges-...

2. "Torvalds pointed out that there are kernel features that are currently incompatible with Rust; that is impeding Rust support overall."

https://lwn.net/Articles/991062/

gregjor2 yıl önce

As a C/C++ programmer I want the US government to stop wasting billions on failed IT projects, web sites that don’t work, systems that resist upgrading, and a rich vein of ongoing leaks and hacks.

oguz-ismail2 yıl önce

Damn. Did CIA run out of backdoors?

talldayo2 yıl önce

Probably the inverse. If nobody is running their C programs through Valgrind then you're basically giving away free vulnerabilities to any adversary that cares enough to look for them. Microsoft sounded the alarm on this decades ago.

AIFounder2 yıl önce

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