>> we have yet to see tangible benefits of using Rust.
As a long-time C and C++ programmer, I have to disagree. C and C++ have been great and so much software has been written using them, but the time has come to move on.
The majority of software security bugs are due to the lack of controls in C and C++. This is not an opinion or an anecdote, it is a fact:
As a long-time C and C++ programmer, I have to disagree. C and C++ have been great and so much software has been written using them, but the time has come to move on.
The majority of software security bugs are due to the lack of controls in C and C++. This is not an opinion or an anecdote, it is a fact:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-70-percent-of-all-se...
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chrome-70-of-all-security-bugs...
https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/10/2003112742/-1/-1/0/CSI...
Operating systems need to be secure. Operating system kernels even more so.
The Linux kernel could move to Rust or Ada or Nim or something else, but keeping it in C is an invitation for continued security problems:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=%22linux+ke...