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by jmclnx 3432 days ago
Everytime I see someone mention rust or c++ I stop reading. Might as well mention COBOL or FORTRAN in the list of 'good' languages, language used is irrelevant.

Anyway it is a local exploit on an old release, not a good thing but containable.

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Apparently relevant reading from the article:

> A language with a better type system, such as Rust or C++ (which has std::optional) can help prevent this kind of error.

> That said, this is not about programming languages.

> Rewriting systemd in a safer language would not transform it into quality software, ...