Lynn McGuire
2024-07-18 21:41:35 UTC
"C++ Must Become Safer" by Andrew Lilley Brinker
https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/cpp-must-become-safer/
"Not everything will be rewritten in Rust, so C++ must become safer, and
we should all care about C++ becoming safer."
"It has become increasingly apparent that not only do many programmers
see the benefits of memory safety, but policymakers do as well. The
concept of “memory safety” has gone from a technical term used in
discussions by the builders and users of programming languages to a term
known to Consumer Reports and the White House. The key contention is
that software weaknesses and vulnerabilities have important societal
impacts — software systems play critical roles in nearly every part of
our lives and society — and so making software more secure matters, and
improving memory safety has been identified as a high-leverage means to
do so."
Not gonna happen since to do so would remove the purpose of C and C++.
Lynn
https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/cpp-must-become-safer/
"Not everything will be rewritten in Rust, so C++ must become safer, and
we should all care about C++ becoming safer."
"It has become increasingly apparent that not only do many programmers
see the benefits of memory safety, but policymakers do as well. The
concept of “memory safety” has gone from a technical term used in
discussions by the builders and users of programming languages to a term
known to Consumer Reports and the White House. The key contention is
that software weaknesses and vulnerabilities have important societal
impacts — software systems play critical roles in nearly every part of
our lives and society — and so making software more secure matters, and
improving memory safety has been identified as a high-leverage means to
do so."
Not gonna happen since to do so would remove the purpose of C and C++.
Lynn