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Exactly. Memory safety is a very nice property, but is not complete by itself. This primary emphasis on memory safety was part of a critique of Rust by Andrei A
by gajjanag 10y ago
Exactly.
Memory safety is a very nice property, but is not complete by itself.
This primary emphasis on memory safety was part of a critique of Rust by Andrei Alexandrescu: https://www.quora.com/Which-language-has-the-brightest-future-in-replacement-of-C-between-D-Go-and-Rust-And-Why https://www.quora.com/Which-language-has-the-brightest-futur....
And even wrt memory, Rust (with the standard library) is not free of its own warts, see the OOM situation.
See e.g https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10545877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10545877 for a discussion on this.
Just to be clear: I generally like the ideas of Rust. I just dislike its presentation by some as a magic solution to all kinds of concerns.