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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Need more carrot

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Imagine if there was a hack so bad that it caused everyone to become unable to develop in C and C++.

Classic "let's just make the cure worse than the disease" mindset among security enthusiasts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Imagine if there was a hack so bad that it caused everyone to become unable to develop in C and C++.

Well, there is one that will imply you can only develop using anything that you have bootstrapped yourself, using hardware that you have designed and manufactured yourself, using tools that you have designed and manufactured yourself, using tools that you have designed and manufactured yourself ...

... with your own bare hands.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The comment thread in that article is interesting. Grep for Ada.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Thanks, lol. I hope they realize soon that Rust is not forced to be used. Also the US government didn't even talk about Rust only, but memory safe languages and listed Rust as an example.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

As someone who learned Ada for a defense job years ago, I've been wondering how long it was going to take until I saw others comparing Rust to it, both in the sense of the language "safety" goals and the USG pushing for it.

While the rust compiler is leagues better than any Ada compiler I ever had the misfortune of dealing with, the day to day pain that Rust incurs will probably always be a thorn in it's side

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

The US government hates anything that can perform math too fast.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

well, i'm glad the US government is at least aware what C and C++ are!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The US government has more pressing issues I think.

Maybe it can shut the fuck up an let me do my job in contrast to its judicial branch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What if I told you the judicial branch is doing its job because it was always evil to begin with?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I would say you’re right

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Oh, I thought I was coding in Python. Oops!"

Continues coding in C++

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Jython's your Python

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