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[–] RedClouds@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So for sure, everything you said is correct. One compiler, the push to rewrite software (This one I do 100% agree with, I do write Rust, but for greenfield stuff, it's not really useful to rewrite working, stable, secure software, in Rust). Security work isn't mutually exclusive, and what agencies do elsewhere doesn't represent what it doe here.

I guess my best argument here is that I don't think Lunduke cares about what he claims, I think he's a right wing propagandist that looks for any reason, no matter how small, to push controversy and pull people to his blog to make money.

So yeah, you're right, security wise it's not a nothing burger, and is suspicious. Though I will still say that even though the Rust evangelists have rightfully been told to back off a bit, there's lots of companies that have decided to rewrite a lot in Rust.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Sure, Lunduke is a terrible person and we obviously shouldn't take anything he says as gospel. But the conversation itself is very much worth having. It's too bad he had to be the guy to bring it up since that immediately taints the whole discussion. I didn't really think to look him up when I saw the video, otherwise I would've just made a post without referencing him.