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by dimgl 1552 days ago
> it's because what they solve isn't as desperately needed as what Rust solves.

Undoubtedly, the issue of memory safety while remaining performant is a game-changer, but the word need is a bit strong here...

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> but the word need is a bit strong here...

When 52% of curl's security vulnerabilities were due to it being written in C (mostly buffer overreads/overwrites), I say "need" is indeed adequate.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/03/09/half-of-curls-vulnera...