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State of Rust: Increasing global adoption supports positive outlook

Ryan Daws — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:12:06 +0000

The Rust Survey Working Group has reported impressive growth and increasing global adoption of the much-loved programming language. The ‘State of Rust’ survey has been conducted for the past six years and provides valuable insights into the community’s sentiments and preferences regarding Rust. 9,433 “Rustaceans” completed the most recent survey, an impressive 82 percent completion... Read more »

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GitHub releases Blackbird code search engine

Ryan Daws — Wed, 10 May 2023 11:42:14 +0000

GitHub has released its reworked code search engine, Blackbird, which is built on Rust and promises faster and more comprehensive software repository exploration. This revision, which has been in development for three years, is part of GitHub’s efforts to enhance text-based search techniques for code queries. With Blackbird, developers can quickly search, navigate, and comprehend... Read more »

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Rust vulnerability enables attackers to delete files and directories

Ryan Daws — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:00:56 +0000

Maintainers of the Rust programming language have warned of a critical vulnerability that enables attackers to delete files and directories. In a security advisory, the Rust Security Response Working Group wrote: “The Rust Security Response WG was notified that the std::fs::remove_dir_all standard library function is vulnerable to a race condition enabling symlink following (CWE-363). An... Read more »

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‘Most loved’ programming language Rust now has its own foundation

Ryan Daws — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:57:35 +0000

Rust, the world’s “most loved” programming language, now has its own independent foundation. The language was originally designed by Graydon Hoare at Mozilla Research and has ranked “most loved” in Stack Overflow’s annual developer survey for the past five years. In a blog post, the Rust Foundation wrote: “Mozilla, the original home of the Rust... Read more »

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