On Fri, 10 Sep 2021, 08:56 Martin Schröder, <mar...@oneiros.de> wrote:
> Am Do., 9. Sept. 2021 um 15:03 Uhr schrieb el3ctr0lyte > <el3ctr0l...@protonmail.com>: > > Rust totes itself as a systems programming language that promises memory > safety and so far it seems to deliver on that promise. I was just > wondering, what are your opinions on Rust and do you guys think it is a > worth while language to learn. You have a lot of experience with writing > secure code in C/C++ and this is why i am asking. What is your experiences > like in this area? > > It took me three clicks to find this mail from Theo: > https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=151233345723889&w=2 > > What have you done but distract OpenBSD's developers? > Ada has a better chance with less compile time and is more secure than Rust actually, but then it's had a FSF compiler for many years with noone writing tools. So I wouldn't be too hopeful. Unfortunately it's compiler is also GPL with an exemption.... 😔 It would be strange if tools were written in Rust for Linux when Ada has been there, all these years. Of course, systemd happened. >
