Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk - eviltoast
This is the government's strongest stance yet on software security, which puts manufacturers on notice: fix dangerous coding practices or risk being labeled as negligent.
  • refalo@programming.dev
    210·
    4 days ago

    To be fair, it’s entirely possible to make the same and very similar mistakes in Rust, too.

    • GetOffMyLan@programming.dev
      81·
      3 days ago

      I’m fairly sure use after free isn’t possible unless you explicitly use unsafe code right?

      It’s compiler enforced is the point.