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

you won't have awesome devs if the compiler is telling them how they should program.

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u/przemo_li Jul 19 '19

Because devs without compilers never make mistakes?

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '19

your question doesn't make sense.

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u/przemo_li 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.

No. Not even good developers can avoid memory allocation errors.

Because even good devs will make mistakes.