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MozillaCompany

Nonprofit maker of Firefox and steward of open web technologies

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RustSoftware

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Our preliminary measurements show the Rust component performing beautifully and delivering identical results to the original C++ component it's replacing—but now implemented in a memory-safe programming language.

Mozilla ships its first Rust component in Firefox

hacks.mozilla.org ↗·2016-07-12Wrong?

RustSoftware

recommended

With Rust, you can statically verify that you don't have data races.

Why Firefox's Stylo CSS engine is written in Rust

hacks.mozilla.org ↗·2017-08-22Wrong?

C++Software

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This makes a memory-safe programming language like Rust a compelling addition to Mozilla's tool-chest for protecting against potentially malicious media content on the Web.

Mozilla ships its first Rust component in Firefox

hacks.mozilla.org ↗·2016-07-12Wrong?

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