Memory Safe or Bust?

by Aaron Guzman and Jason C. McDonald

The recent release of the Office of the National Cyber Director [ONCD] report on the adoption of memory-safe languages, entitled "Back to the Building Blocks: A Path Toward Secure and Measurable Software", has stirred emotions, causing uncertainty in the software field. While there is little doubt that increased focus on software security is in everyone's best interest, many developers wonder whether switching to memory-safe languages is really that practical.

First, a few …

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