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

[Dan Cross]

In article <jb5s77FlsqfU1 at mid.individual.net>,
Bill Gunshannon  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 4/5/22 20:20, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Let me re-word that.  40 years ago the problems were well known
>and documented.

No.  Entire new classes of problems have emerged in those 40
years, and you have and continue to ignore those.  It's not
_just_ array bounds and memory leaks that are at issue.

	- Dan C.