Rust 1.84 introduces strict provenance APIs

Rust 1.84 has been released, bringing strict provenance APIs that can be used in lieu of integer-pointer casts, making the code both easier for developers to reason about and easier for the compiler to analyze, the Rust team said. Announced January 9, Rust 1.84 can be...

Researchers build a bridge from C to Rust

Memory errors such as out-of-bounds reads and writes and use-after-free bugs have plagued applications for decades, causing problems ranging from minor execution glitches to global security nightmares. The infamous WannaCry, Slammer, and Heartbleed exploits, and the...

How to use the new Lock object in C# 13

The C# programming language has provided support for thread synchronization using the lock keyword since its earliest versions. By using a lock statement, you ensure that only one thread can execute the body of the statement at a time. Any other thread is blocked...