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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoNice. I wonder if they’d be open to rewriting portions in Rust to catch these types of issues with the compiler instead of the user. I’m willing to help if someone else gets the devs on board.
minus-squareMana Oatbun@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoIs this what Rust is about? If so that’s a nice perk!
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoYeah, pretty much. A segfault happens when you access memory incorrectly, and Rust is all about correct memory access.
Nice. I wonder if they’d be open to rewriting portions in Rust to catch these types of issues with the compiler instead of the user. I’m willing to help if someone else gets the devs on board.
Is this what Rust is about? If so that’s a nice perk!
Yeah, pretty much. A segfault happens when you access memory incorrectly, and Rust is all about correct memory access.