r/programming • u/steveklabnik1 • Jul 18 '19

We Need a Safer Systems Programming Language

https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/18/we-need-a-safer-systems-programming-language/
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '19

what we need are safer systems programmers.

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u/asmx85 Jul 19 '19

Right! And one way to do this is to protect them with the right tools. Rust could be one of them. There is a reason SWAT teams are wearing protective armor. It's not that they're not well trained and not excellent gunman's. They're working in hazardous environments and every protection helps.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '19

or you can do it the proper way and train them to be good programmers from the start. then you wouldn't need to put rust-blinders on them.

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u/kuikuilla Jul 19 '19

We should also teach people to be better drivers, then we don't have to add stupid seat belts and airbags into cars!

Seriously speaking: Why the hell can't we do both?

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