[Info-vax] Rust as a HS language, was: Re: Quiet?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/5/2022 8:08 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 4/5/22 19:46, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> C and C++ are currently dominating the low level code area, but
>> there are some well known problem.
>>
>> Two of those problems are:
>> * buffer overruns
>> * memory leaks
> 
> Both those problems were fixed 40 years ago.  The fixes were
> ignored and the company offering Safe C went out of business.

They were not fixed as the current C compilers allow
the problems.

Maybe they could have been fixed, but that does not really
help those with C code today.

Arne