[OffTopic]: Safer usage of C++ in Chrome

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 9/9/21 3:28 AM, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> Nothing new to those of us that are aware of the issues that plague C 
> and C++ codebases in terms of security, still kind of interesting to see 
> how much effort is being thrown at trying to fix Chrome's security 
> exploits.
> 
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRZr-HJcYmf2Y76DhewaiJOhRNpjGHCxliAQTBhFxzv1QTae9o8mhBmDl32CRIuaWZLt5kVeH9e9jXv/pub 
> 
> 
> Naturally what many usually forget, is that all those development hours 
> and bug fixes translate into salaries and contracting rates that need to 
> be paid.
> 
> Unfortunely the marketing of how much development costs one saves by 
> using languages like D, still don't reach most finance departments.

Surely, porting Chrome to D would cost more...

Where it might cost less is if you used a memory-safe-oriented language 
like D or Rust at the start.

-Steve