Prossimo project aims to replace memory unsafe C/C++ code with Rust (www.memorysafety.org)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by morpheus17pro@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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The projects they want to make safer includes Linux, curl, sudo, among others.

Just found it and I think this will be interesting for this community.

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[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm in my 40s, and finally decided to give C/C++ a serious go and try to learn them at a competent level after decades of putting it off, and now everybody wants to move to Rust.

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 14 points 6 months ago

Actually this is probably a good time for you to get into Rust, since everyone is still at the starting point (ish), and you, unlike others, don't have decades of C/C++ habits ingrained in you. So if you're starting off fresh, Rust is not a bad language to dip your toes into. :)

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm at the level of finally understanding pointers, templates, and operator/function overloads and using them pretty effortlessly now. I looked at some Rust code. I'm not sure I have the brain plasticity to take that on at my age now without massive struggling.