buh [she/her] to technology • 2 days agoDARPA initiates a new program to automate the translation of the world’s highly vulnerable legacy C code to the inherently safer Rust programming languageexternal-linkmessage-square20 fedilinkarrow-up155file-text
arrow-up155external-linkDARPA initiates a new program to automate the translation of the world’s highly vulnerable legacy C code to the inherently safer Rust programming languagebuh [she/her] to technology • 2 days agomessage-square20 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpeaker [e/em/eir]hexbear7·edit-22 days agoYour bank runs on COBOL and your energy plants run on one of a family of PLC (programmable logic controller) languages. Most of the critical path in your day-to-day that runs C is the gaping security hole that is the internet. link
Your bank runs on COBOL and your energy plants run on one of a family of PLC (programmable logic controller) languages. Most of the critical path in your day-to-day that runs C is the gaping security hole that is the internet.