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Rust doesn't even have a formal specification at this time. Technically speaking, everything in Rust is undefined behaviour. That's a hard sell for, e.g., peopl
by zbird 4y ago
Rust doesn't even have a formal specification at this time. Technically speaking, everything in Rust is undefined behaviour. That's a hard sell for, e.g., people writing safety-critical systems.
Another problem recently was that compiling Rust required downloading a binary blob from Mozilla. That's a no-go for many projects.
- pjmlp 4y agoAUTOSAR is looking into it, while Ada Core is collaborating with Ferrous Systems to bring Rust to the kind of clients that usually use Ada. Meanwhile Microsoft has finally acknowledged picking C for Azure Sphere was a bad idea for its overall security story, and is now adding Rust support.
- zbird 4y agoI see, so it seems to be taking off then.
- simon_o 4y agoRealistically speaking, everything in C is undefined behaviour.