cm0002@lemdro.id to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoRust Coreutils cp Ended Up Breaking Ubuntu Image Builds With Latest Incompatibilitywww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agobut I thought rust was bug proof and completely safe?
minus-squarefif-t@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoFar from bug proof. You can write as many logic bugs as you want (as that’s what happened here), but it’ll save you from a common class of potentially devastating memory safety and data race bugs in safe Rust.
minus-squareTwilightKiddy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSafe? Eh, may be. Bug proof? You need a bug proof brain first.
but I thought rust was bug proof and completely safe?
Far from bug proof. You can write as many logic bugs as you want (as that’s what happened here), but it’ll save you from a common class of potentially devastating memory safety and data race bugs in safe Rust.
Safe? Eh, may be. Bug proof? You need a bug proof brain first.