Is it time to retire C and C++ for Rust in new programs?

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Is it time to retire C and C++ for Rust in new programs?
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Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Azure CTO, thinks so

achieve guaranteed perfect type and memory safety in ISO C++Indeed, you could always write perfectly secure C and C++ code. It's just that it has never, ever been easy. Both languages make it much too easy to make memory errors. They include Invalid heap and stack memory access; memory leaks; mismatched memory allocation and deallocation; and uninitialized memory access.

These aren't just theoretical errors. They happen all the time. In 2019, Microsoft confessed that 70 percent of its Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures security problems had been caused by developers makingAs much as I like to make fun of Microsoft security, this problem is far from unique to Microsoft. Google's developers have found the same percentage of memory problems in its Chromium/Chrome web browser code.

That's why, years before Rust started making headlines, Google and Microsoft both started considering replacing C and C++ with Rust. Now Linux is embracing Rust as well.

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