cm0002@lemdro.id to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 4 months agoRust Coreutils cp Ended Up Breaking Ubuntu Image Builds With Latest Incompatibilitywww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agobut I thought rust was bug proof and completely safe?
minus-squareTwilightKiddy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoSafe? Eh, may be. Bug proof? You need a bug proof brain first.
minus-squarefif-t@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoFar from bug proof. You can write as many logic bugs as you want (as that’s what happened here), but it’ll save you from a common class of potentially devastating memory safety and data race bugs in safe Rust.
but I thought rust was bug proof and completely safe?
Safe? Eh, may be. Bug proof? You need a bug proof brain first.
Far from bug proof. You can write as many logic bugs as you want (as that’s what happened here), but it’ll save you from a common class of potentially devastating memory safety and data race bugs in safe Rust.