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by dralley 2 days ago
But how often do people just copy and paste code in the C/C++ ecosystem? Or reimplement things badly? Last I checked VLC had a homegrown XML parser.
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Experts know that copy/pasting and/or reimplementing code is not an issue in practice regardless of how often it comes up as an anti-pattern in freshman CS courses. The (amalgamated) software system can still be audited in reasonable time as long as the number of third party dependencies is kept low.

Rust has thrown the baby out with the bathwater in that regard resulting in software that is practically impossible to audit without putting in enormous effort.