>"There are certain places on the internet where any mention of rewriting in Rust is met with scorn and ire."
Nah. For me it induces vomit. Any time the vulnerability is mentioned a horde will arrive promptly and sing "rewrite the ... " in Rust.
For fuck's sake. We got it. We know it is mostly memory safe with bunch of other protections baked in. So go and rewrite it and then try to sell it to your customer and have them pay for this job. If you succeed - congrats, good for you and for the "victims". If not - stop nagging people who have other things to worry about.
Nah. For me it induces vomit. Any time the vulnerability is mentioned a horde will arrive promptly and sing "rewrite the ... " in Rust.
For fuck's sake. We got it. We know it is mostly memory safe with bunch of other protections baked in. So go and rewrite it and then try to sell it to your customer and have them pay for this job. If you succeed - congrats, good for you and for the "victims". If not - stop nagging people who have other things to worry about.