Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of C++, has issued a call for the C++ community to defend the programming language, which has been shunned by cybersecurity agencies and technical experts in recent years for its memory safety shortcomings.

  • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    27 days ago

    Until chip manufacturers officially support rust, my clients will not want me to use an unofficial crate no matter how good it is.

    • jenesaisquoi@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      19 days ago

      ESP32 has official support, and others are working on it. I think it will come sooner than you and I might think

      • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        19 days ago

        I hope that it comes sooner than later. But I cannot offer Rust to most of my customers until it is officially supported.

        • jenesaisquoi@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          19 days ago

          Of course! If you can, ask your vendor about it. If enough of their customers ask they will likely invest in it