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Rust in peace: Memory bugs in C and C++ code cause security issues so Microsoft is considering alternatives once again

Jon 37

The perfect is the enemy of the good.

Porting the OS to Rust, with a few "unsafe" bits, dramatically reduces the number of places that might have memory vulnerabilities. The remaining "unsafe" bits can be carefully reviewed to check they're safe.

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