Re: The Case for Rust (in any system)

On 05-09-24 20:21, Bakul Shah wrote:
> On Sep 5, 2024, at 11:34 AM, Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote:
>>
>> wow! this is undeniable argument even for someone who opposes the idea (like me) :-)
> 
> Not really!
> 
> Showing that a present system has issues does not imply in any
> way that a proposed new system (or major change) will fix the
> said problems! This is a common fallacy that people fall for.
> Many people. Many many people :-)

I don't think that anyone is saying that we should stop the world and 
rewrite it in Rust (or C++).

Herb Sutter (convenor of the C++ standard committee wrote a good article 
on this recently:

https://accu.org/journals/overload/32/180/sutter/

Notable points
- only 4 of of the top 12 CWEs are due to memory safety.
- switching existing code to MSLs would need a magic wand and still 
wouldn't make all problems go away.
- make good use of other tools like analyzers and sanitizers

A+
Paul