# Safe C++ proposal all but abandoned in favor of profiles

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/safe-c-proposal-all-but-abandoned-in-favor-of-profiles/31187
**Category:** News
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**Created:** 2025-09-17T21:44:11Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @KevPham — 2025-09-17T21:44:11Z

> **[Safe C++ proposal all but abandoned in favor of profiles](https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/16/safe_c_proposal_ditched/?td=rt-3a)**
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> : Safe C++ proposal author claims that 'will not ever work'

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## Post 2 by @fria — 2025-09-17T22:36:14Z

Shame to see this not going anywhere but I can’t shake the feeling that maybe we don’t want too much competition in the low-level memory-safe language space, if everyone agrees Rust is the way to go then we can have more software written in the same language. Maybe naive of me though.

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## Post 3 by @overdrawn98901 — 2025-09-17T22:56:34Z

Rust at the kernel level is great. But as for specific microcontrollers and microprocessors, I’m not sure if Rust has an edge over C. Rust should arguably replace C++ moving forward, but not everyone is able to migrate an entire codebase to a fancy new language. C/C++ are still here, and Rust is moving lightning fast (maybe faster than what stability would like). Otherwise Ada is likely the next go to safe language.

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## Post 4 by @dngray — 2025-09-18T12:02:22Z

> [@overdrawn98901](#):
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> But as for specific microcontrollers and microprocessors

We do see it in use for things like [trussed](https://github.com/trussed-dev/trussed) the firmware for the Nitrokey 3. I think like anything it’s just about adoption, will probably happen more and more.