[srvmshr]

Memory exploits in Rust : Yes much less. That's where the world is (hopefully) headed to.

But then a lot of people would disagree on "Lets jump on the <new-hot-language> bandwagon ASAP". Even the transition to parts of Linux kernel components in Rust is slow and cautious. In that sense, C is still a wide choice. Plus there are a lot of people actively working on C. Rust is only but picking up. it's more likely people will write buggy code on a new language than something which has been around for a while.

[pjmlp]

No need to bring Rust into this talk, Modula-2 from 1978 would already sort out most of C's mistakes, or even JOVIAL from 1958.

C became a forced choice thanks to UNIX's free beer, and like JavaScript with the Web, it tainted us all.