[Info-vax] C et al (was: Re: Rust as a HS language, was: Re: Quiet?)

[Dan Cross]

In article <t31i38$1t7$1 at dont-email.me>,
Stephen Hoffman  <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>In C, the ways of volatile are subtle and quick to anger.
>
>As much as I can and do use C and will continue to use C on OpenVMS and 
>elsewhere, I'm also looking forward to access to UBSan and some new 
>tooling, and to Clang, to make existing and new C code better.
>
>And I'll continue to look into options and alternatives, including 
>Swift. Maybe zig. Albeit that not on OpenVMS.

This, along with many other reasons, is what finally convinced
me to start looking at real alternatives to C for kernel-level
programming.  I maintain that Rust sits at a local maxima right
now with respect to the combination of efficiency, expressive
power, and safety for that application domain.  It's not perfect
though, and if a better alternative comes along, I'll gladly
give it a fair shake.

	- Dan C.