Post #1142510
2026-04-13 15:32 UTC
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@rustnl/116397366557742385
The "average Rustacean causes 100 segfaults a year" factoid is actually just a statistical error. The average Rustacean causes zero segfaults per year. Segfault Nia, who lives in cave & causes over 700 million segfaults each day, is an outlier and should not have been counted.
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@Sythelux@social.tchncs.de 2026-04-13 18:35
@Mara that is why you take median and not average !!! :p
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@laund@wetdry.world 2026-04-15 21:19
@Mara alternatively: cve-rs should not have been counted