> I read that Rust for example only has run-time checks in the debug version, which to me is disappointing. Only by default; you can turn them on in release bu

> I read that Rust for example only has run-time checks in the debug version, which to me is disappointing. Only by default; you can turn them on in release builds too if you want. (And Rust 1.17 will have a stable `-C overflow-checks=y` flag which allows you to turn on the overflow checks without other debug assertions.)