Josh and Kurt talk to Carol Nichols about Rust. Carol is an authority on Rust and helps us understand how Rust works, why it’s different. Why Rust doesn’t have the same problems C and C++ have, and what the future of it all could look like. It’s a really fun show with some great questionsContinue reading “Episode 362 – A lesson in Rust from Carol Nichols”
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Episode 360 – Memory safety and the NSA
Josh and Kurt talk about the NSA guidance on using memory safety issues. The TL;DR is to stop using C. We discuss why C has so many problem, why we can’t fix C, and what some alternatives looks like. Even the alternatives have their own set of issues and there are many options, but theContinue reading “Episode 360 – Memory safety and the NSA”
Episode 282 – The security of Rust: who left all this awesome in here?
Josh and Kurt talk about a story from Microsoft declaring Rust the future of safe programming, replacing C and C++. We discuss how tooling affects progress and why this isn’t always obvious when you’re in the middle of progress. Show Notes Microsoft: Rust Is the Industry’s ‘Best Chance’ at Safe Systems Programming Josh’s devopsdays talkContinue reading “Episode 282 – The security of Rust: who left all this awesome in here?”
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