alt Hacker NewsI think the risks of a rewrite - especially when using AI - are far more problematic than memory safety. In the long run those C projects will be memory safe in the next five years using memory safe C implementations.
I think the risks of a rewrite - especially when using AI - are far more problematic than memory safety. In the long run those C projects will be memory safe in the next five years using memory safe C implementations.
My perspective is that it is good to have a beta in a lot of directions.
No one really knows what the endgame of software security looks like.
So some people should try the port to rust angle, some should focus on hardening the C, some should explore more exotic options like formally provable languages etc