Can a Programming Language Reduce Vulnerabilities?
Can a Programming Language Reduce Vulnerabilities? Rust offers a safer programming language, but adoption is still a problem despite recent signs of increasing popularity. When Microsoft wanted to rewrite a security-critical network processing agent to eliminate memory-safety vulnerabilities causing recurring headaches for the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), the company tasked an intern and told him to rewrite the code in Rust. Rust, a programming language that has claimed the title of "most loved" among developers for five years in a row, could change the vulnerability landscape...
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