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		the_why_of_y on Nov 4, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Guide to Undefined Behavior in C and C++ (2010) That presumes that your testing process will find the input that actually triggers the UB in your program before the release. The CVE history of the major browser vendors indicate that this is currently an unsolved problem for their large C++ applications.

flohofwoe on Nov 4, 2018 [–]

Of course, and that's exactly where Rust makes sense. Few pieces of software are as safety-critical and complex as a browser though, that's why I'm not a fan of the general "UB scaremongering" ;)

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