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It's unfortunate that the supposed pillar of security dismisses Rust on dubious grounds. Yes, there is agenda coming from Ubuntu. And yet, Rust IS the secure alternative to C/C++ (alternative is a misnomer, it's better than the latter on all fronts), so OpenBSD dismissal is very superficial.
Comparing uutil's CVEs per year against GNU coreutils paints a very poor picture. I haven't checked OpenBSD coreutils, but I suspect it's even more ahead. Rust doesn't appear to be a silver bullet.
Even if rust uutils was more secure, I don't think it's available on all OpenBSD platforms, which really caps how useful it can be.
bewareofscams · · focus · HN ↗
It's unfortunate that the supposed pillar of security dismisses Rust on dubious grounds. Yes, there is agenda coming from Ubuntu. And yet, Rust IS the secure alternative to C/C++ (alternative is a misnomer, it's better than the latter on all fronts), so OpenBSD dismissal is very superficial.
yjftsjthsd-h · · focus · HN ↗
Comparing uutil's CVEs per year against GNU coreutils paints a very poor picture. I haven't checked OpenBSD coreutils, but I suspect it's even more ahead. Rust doesn't appear to be a silver bullet.
Even if rust uutils was more secure, I don't think it's available on all OpenBSD platforms, which really caps how useful it can be.