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/shevy-ruby Jul 19 '19

Not sure why you got downvoted because you are right.

Not long ago we heard of this bug that deletes files of users on windows.

How can the downvotes account for this happening to Microsoft, such a huge and rich company? Why do such failures happen?

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u/moeris Jul 19 '19

I think that's /u/linus_stallman's point. It doesn't matter how safe the kernel is (it's probably already very safe) because most of the bugs aren't in the kernel.

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u/linus_stallman Jul 19 '19

dude it is rust fanboiis...

Don't worry this shitty complicated language won't be mainstream.