Conversation
jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

all sort of glitch with #rustlang community comes to personally in the end how you look at a programming language: a language or purely just an opcode generator. one example of such glitch is IMHO unrobust handling of OOM conditions. So you end up getting safe but and super fat and resource wasteful user space programs. But still memory-safe in the language level, which does not provide safety for e.g. any possible DoS attack.
1
0
1
jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

Reply to @jarkko
Unrobust meaning that you can do all of this but would have to put unrealistic amount of effort to accomplish any possible e,g. business or even academic goals.
1
0
1
jarkko

Jarkko Sakkinen

Reply to @jarkko
Edited 1 year ago
Rust is robust in the sense how it can respond to different memory safety issues but it is robust to the limits "as long as you accept the default response". If you don't agree with the response, there's way to go around it but is sort of "not recommended for most". It is a bit like you would limit email only pre-defined template responses.

So the stimulus part of the safe systems programming language equation is gotten right but hard coded response as defaults is not a great thing tbh.
1
0
0
tshepang@hachyderm.io

tshepang

Reply to @jarkko

@jarkko how is this done in a more robust way elsewhere

0
0
0
About social.kernel.org

Terms of service

  1. Please do not use this service in violation of the Linux Kernel Code of Conduct. Doing so will result in your account suspension with the referral of the matter to the CoC committee.

  2. "Repeating"/"boosting" someone else's status on this platform will be treated as endorsement and will fall under rule #1.

  3. You are encouraged to use this platform to promote your work on the Linux Kernel, but there is no restriction on permitted topics (with the exception of anything covered by #1 above).

  4. There is no requirement to post in English, but it should be considered the primary language of communication on this platform.

Privacy notice

The admins of this service have access to all posted statuses. They aren't looking, but if it's something they shouldn't know about, then you should not post it on this platform.

Please see the Linux Foundation Privacy Policy, which applies to this platform as well.

Getting your own account

If you would like an account on this instance, please check that the following applies to you:

  • You are listed in MAINTAINERS or CREDITS

  • OR: You have a kernel.org account or email address

  • OR: You have a long and established history of involvement with the Linux Kernel

If the above is true and you agree with the Terms of Service and Privacy Notice listed above, please use these instructions to request an account: