Di4na,
@Di4na@hachyderm.io avatar

The White House declared we have to be Memory Safe now!

So great! None of us had any idea!

Wait, but why is there no analysis of how we are still memory unsafe decades after the start of these yelling about it?

Let's me re share my answer to that crowd from a few months ago. I am definitely not bitter. Defo.

https://www.softwaremaxims.com/blog/memory-safety-end-history

KingmaYpe,
@KingmaYpe@mastodon.green avatar

@Di4na

"Why do engineers keep using “curl | sh” despite everyone knowing it is highly dangerous?"

Last time I tried, that was the way to install Rust.

Di4na,
@Di4na@hachyderm.io avatar

@KingmaYpe yep and my question is more. How the heck is it that it is actually a good answer because all the other solutions are worse. That means the right tool have not been created yet.

mcepl,
@mcepl@floss.social avatar

@Di4na @KingmaYpe The right tool has been invented, and it is available, but people decided to ignore it (that’s even worse variant of the phenomena your post is about): sudo {zypper,apt-get,dnf} install rust.

Di4na,
@Di4na@hachyderm.io avatar

@mcepl @KingmaYpe Nope, these tools do not work cross-platform, are usually broken, and do not let you pick the version well. They also necessitate the maintainers to build a bunch of different tools. They are not adapted to the demands of the maintainers, distributors, or users.

Believing the opposite is refusing the reality of what the field tells us and exactly what I call upon us not to do and reflect upon instead.

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