penberg: Foundation models find C++ security bugs en masse, yet people still call Rust 'slow to compile'
mgill25 · x · 2026-10-25
Developer penberg questions a contradictory timeline: foundation models are finding security bugs left and right in existing C/C++ code, yet people still complain Rust is "slow to compile" and treat C++ as the answer. He finds that stance hard to believe.
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