Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoMicrosoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square131linkfedilinkarrow-up1237
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minus-squareⓂ3️⃣3️⃣ 🌌@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoThat’s funny because using unsafe might be an hint that Rust is not the right tool for the job. Yet we have rust in the kernel, rust coreutils… I just can’t wrap my head arout it, yet.
minus-squareboaratio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoYou shouldn’t have said that. Now the rust zealots are going to come for you.
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoUnsafe is expected and necessary in certain situations. Using other languages doesn’t change that fact. It’s talked about in the docs
That’s funny because using unsafe might be an hint that Rust is not the right tool for the job. Yet we have rust in the kernel, rust coreutils… I just can’t wrap my head arout it, yet.
You shouldn’t have said that. Now the rust zealots are going to come for you.
Got downvoted, here they come…
Unsafe is expected and necessary in certain situations. Using other languages doesn’t change that fact.
It’s talked about in the docs