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  • If memory safety is the goal, Rust is not the solution

    From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Wed Apr 8 18:10:07 2026
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    <https://lunduke.substack.com/p/if-memory-safety-is-the-goal-rust>

    Rust fails miserably at being memory safe. Meanwhile, fil-c maintains compatibility with C/C++ yet provides safety.
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  • From jmj@jmj@energokod.gda.pl to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Thu Apr 9 01:35:26 2026
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    W dniu 9.04.2026 o 00:10, CrudeSausage pisze:
    fil-c maintains compatibility with C/C++ yet provides safety.

    So, the C/C++ are again safe and recommended?
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  • From Distro Lackey@dl@lackey.com to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Wed Apr 8 23:48:57 2026
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    On Thu, 9 Apr 2026 01:35:26 +0200, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:

    W dniu 9.04.2026 o 00:10, CrudeSausage pisze:
    fil-c maintains compatibility with C/C++ yet provides safety.

    So, the C/C++ are again safe and recommended?


    That stupid fuck "rotten bologna" knows nothing about programming.

    Memory safety can only be effected by a highly competent C programmer
    but such animals are few and far between. Rust is just another crutch
    to allow incompetent assholes to keep their jobs.
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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Wed Apr 8 20:47:17 2026
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    On 2026-04-08 7:35 p.m., 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:
    W dniu 9.04.2026 o 00:10, CrudeSausage pisze:
    fil-c maintains compatibility with C/C++ yet provides safety.

    So, the C/C++ are again safe and recommended?

    Not exactly. Bryan Lunduke is simply pointing out that instead of
    abandoning C and rewriting everything in Rust from scratch to supposedly
    help with memory safety, it makes a lot more sense to simply recompile
    code that is already written in C with fil-C which enhances memory
    safety. Besides, the Rust rewrites of decades-old C utilities is
    strikingly terrible.
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  • From vallor@vallor@vallor.earth to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Apr 10 07:10:22 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    At Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:48:57 +0000, Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 9 Apr 2026 01:35:26 +0200, 🇵🇱Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote:

    W dniu 9.04.2026 o 00:10, CrudeSausage pisze:
    fil-c maintains compatibility with C/C++ yet provides safety.

    So, the C/C++ are again safe and recommended?


    That stupid fuck "rotten bologna" knows nothing about programming.

    Memory safety can only be effected by a highly competent C programmer
    but such animals are few and far between. Rust is just another crutch
    to allow incompetent assholes to keep their jobs.

    I've seen your code. "for(...;...;i++) {
    [blah]...
    .........
    i++;
    }

    ...and I think you were freeing structs in that loop. Doh!
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