| ▲ | galangalalgol 16 hours ago |
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| ▲ | ClassyJacket 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I exaggerate alot but even by my standards this is ridiculous hyperbole. Rust just isn't supported on alot of platforms and libraries. |
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| ▲ | dmitrygr 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > If you add new code to a sw project in c or c++ that should be a solid case for negligence when your customers sue for losses. Sure, as long as you are ok being similarly sued next time you install or use windows, macos, or linux on some box you administer. Those are all written in C. I guess you're OS-less until you write one in something safe. Ditto for web browsers and bootloaders. |
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| ▲ | galangalalgol 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Wasn't the first cut at windows me written in c#, maybe we can start there. The servo browser on redox isn't even completely free of c I think. | | | |
| ▲ | lmm 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > next time you install or use windows, macos, or linux on some box you administer. I don't administer other people's boxes, I provide them with programs written in safe languages (as a bootable unikernel if they want). If they choose to run them on a buggy OS that's on them. | | |
| ▲ | immibis 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | Are there unsafe blocks in the bootable unikernel? And does it actually work? | | |
| ▲ | lmm 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | > Are there unsafe blocks in the bootable unikernel? Probably. If that bothers you you can also run it on Lambda or something and let amazon worry about booting. |
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| ▲ | njtransit 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It’s not negligent it use an unsafe OS if no safer options exist. It is negligent to use an unsafe language when safe alternatives exist. | | |
| ▲ | gigel82 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | Visual programming like Scratch is safer than Rust so it's negligent if we don't all use Scratch next. Also, everyone should pee sitting down by law because some are known to pee to on their pants otherwise. /s |
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| ▲ | oguz-ismail 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
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| ▲ | do_not_redeem 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | His name is galangalalgol. Fashionable, visionary leader of the rust evangelism strike force. And don't you forget it. (Read in the voice of Tribore Menendez) | | |
| ▲ | galangalalgol 17 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Ok that is pretty funny. It is the first time anyone has used any of those adjectives about me even in satire. Didn't mention rust though. I like it a lot, but it is just one tool. F*, agda etc all probably have a more fundamental part to play than rust does. Rust is just the one we can use at scale. |
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| ▲ | tux3 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The headline is about Firefox on Windows for a good reason: that's where the regular users are. If you want Rust on Nonstop, a niche proprietary platform, your large financial company is welcome to invest in it. | |
| ▲ | lmm 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > AIX, i/OS, z/OS, Nonstop OS, OpenVMS, or Stratus VOS A list of which Firefox runs on precisely none. | | |
| ▲ | jiggawatts 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | Aren't most of these servers operating systems anyway, with no GUI desktops? | | |
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