alt Hacker News> IMO cryptographers should start using Rust for their reference implementations
IMO they should not, because if I look at a typical Rust code, I have no clue what is going on even with a basic understanding of Rust. C, however, is as simple as it gets and much closer to pseudocode.
Good cryptographic code should match its algorithmic description. Rust enables abstractions that allow this. C does not. That you have some familiarity with C and not Rust should not be a contributing factor.
I say this as someone who has written cryptographic code that’s been downloaded millions of times.