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by fluffybucktsnek 8 hours ago
> YOUR ENTIRE WORLD IS BUILT ON C/C++.

What a reductive view of reality. That's like saying our entire world is built on assembly. That's just missing the point.

> Saying Rust is the replacement to C/C++ is like saying Python is the replacement to C/C++. No, not quite.

With analogy such as these, I see where the "No, not quite" comes from. For starters, we can write actually low-level Rust code enough to write kernels without needing to interface with C code, only raw assembly. I don't think Python can do that.

> I don't go to Google for advice on how to design software, thanks.

Good thing they weren't giving advice, but reporting that most security vulnerabilities came from just bad memory access, which contradicts your counter assertion. None of that is subjective. Whether you think they are the ideal programmers or not is irrelevant.