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OpenVMM – A New VMM for Windows and Linux, Written in Rust

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171 points g0xA52A2A | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 05:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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ericyd ◴[17 Oct 24 13:05 UTC] No.41869293[source]▶
Thank God this VMM is written in Rust, otherwise I would be very skeptical. I don't care about features or purpose or technical advantages, give me Rust or give me death.
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mcflubbins ◴[17 Oct 24 13:17 UTC] No.41869386[source]▶
For real, I find it so odd to tack on "written in Rust" to every new project that's announced that uses Rust. (As someone who uses Rust in their day job)
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1. RamRodification ◴[17 Oct 24 13:24 UTC] No.41869445[source]▶
As someone who does no programming at all, I can say that it kinda works.

It makes me think "Ok they have made a VMM again, but this time in that somehow safer programming language Rust. They probably know what they're doing so it will be just as good as the old one, only safer!".

I know enough to know that this is not necessarily true, but when I see these posts I always hope that it's true (and rely on people with the proper knowledge and experience to verify if it is or isn't).

Then I go to the comments and there is often a discussion about how a rewrite will probably be less secure because it will introduce new bugs. But then maybe those will be fixed and eventually it will just be a more secure version.