The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/the_us_government_wants_developers/

by rntn • 2 years ago

11 4 2 years ago

Damn. Did CIA run out of backdoors?

talldayo• 2 years ago

Probably the inverse. If nobody is running their C programs through Valgrind then you're basically giving away free vulnerabilities to any adversary that cares enough to look for them. Microsoft sounded the alarm on this decades ago.

gregjor• 2 years ago

As a C/C++ programmer I want the US government to stop wasting billions on failed IT projects, web sites that don’t work, systems that resist upgrading, and a rich vein of ongoing leaks and hacks.

osetnik• 2 years ago

They tried it before [1]. It looks like it's more than just coincidence - even Torvalds tries to push Rust into the Kernel, and make the Kernel adapt to Rust[2], which is putting the whole thing on its head.

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1. https://www.infoworld.com/article/3713203/white-house-urges-...

2. "Torvalds pointed out that there are kernel features that are currently incompatible with Rust; that is impeding Rust support overall."

https://lwn.net/Articles/991062/

The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++

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