>There are two conclusions: 1) If Cloudflare hadn't decided on a proper failure mode for this (i.e. a hardcoded fallback config), the end result would've been the same: a bunch of 500s, and 2) most programs wouldn't have behaved much differently in the case of a failed allocation.
So why do they need Rust then? What advantages does it provide? That was the main point of the article — we all wanted a better language, but got another crappy one instead.
So why do they need Rust then? What advantages does it provide? That was the main point of the article — we all wanted a better language, but got another crappy one instead.