[jvillasante]

> We’ve been searching for a memory-safe programming language to replace C++ in Ladybird for a while now.

The article fails to explain why. What problems (besides the obvious) have been found in which "memory-safe languages" can help. Do these problems actually explain the need of adding complexity to a project like this by adding another language?

I guess AI will be involved which, at this early point in the project would make ladybird a lot less interested (at least to me).

[michaelcampbell]

> What problems (besides the obvious) have been found in which "memory-safe languages" can help.

Why isn't that enough?

[nicoburns]

Browsers are incredibly security-sensitive projects. Downloading untrusted code from the internet and executing is part of their intended functionality! If memory safety is needed anywhere it's in browsers.

[VoxPelli]

Rust was pretty much created to help solve security issues in browsers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(programming_language)#20...

[panstromek]

> besides the obvious

Well, what else is there besides the obvious? It's a browser.

[the_duke]

Even Chrome has started to adopt Rust due to recurring memory vulnerabilities.... that's a big enough reason.

[f311a]

You don't want a browser with a bunch of RCEs that can be triggered by opening a web page...

[Perz1val]

You do want a browser with RCE, but you want it to keep the it sandboxed. The hard part is executing the code safely

[norman784]

I guess you will need to wait for their Feb 2026 update.