[eqvinox]

People use the tools they have available and understand. Rust, at the time this bug was introduced into sudo, was barely a year old, and hadn't even released 0.1 yet.

Also, the sarcasm in your comment really doesn't help your message.

[pjmlp]

I have been advocating against C since comp.lang.c days, no need for lessons about how to market something that the audience obviously isn't interested into paying attention.

The first systems programming language that would prevented this kind of exploit was written in 1961, 10 years before C was invented.

[eqvinox]

Neither of these is an excuse for the condescending, snarky tone.

[Ed.: Actually, the tone is probably a factor in the audience not being interested.]

[Ed. 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21490714 ]

[pjmlp]

As usual in everything tech related, it depends.

[nahuel0x]

Note, beyond all sarcasm, I adhere. At least all critical pieces like sudo must be rewritten in a safer language than C.