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

[chris]

On 04/06/22 01:25, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article<jb43vkFbiv7U2 at mid.individual.net>,
> Bill Gunshannon<bill.gunshannon at gmail.com>  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.
>
> This is simply false.  That there existed _one_ implementation
> that claimed to "fix" C 40 years ago does not mean that the
> problems with C were fixed.
>
> Moreover, buffer overruns and memory leaks are just two classes
> of problems that some implementations may have taken steps to
> fix.  There are many, many others that more modern languages
> address: type incompatibilities, pointer safety, non-nullable
> reference types, well-defined ownership semantics, and many,
> many others.
>
> 	- Dan C.
>

This sounds like medication to cure everyone from their sloppy
programming. The infantilisation of complex subjects, just to give the 
lazy an easier time, while still getting the product built.
The answer to that is not languages that constrain movement, but
developing more professional skills and applying due diligence
and attention to detail to system design and implementation.

I must be getting old, so what happened to pursuit of excellence
and more ?...

Chris