IMHO it's not worthless. Nim has ptr and addr, but they are explicitly described as unsafe and only used "when you have to", like interfacing with C/C++ etc. I

IMHO it's not worthless. Nim has ptr and addr, but they are explicitly described as unsafe and only used "when you have to", like interfacing with C/C++ etc. I have never used them outside of C/C++ integration. Rust also has unsafe, but I presume you don't think that invalidates safety.