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> > The implication is that memory-safe languages do not have memory leaks, which is completely false. > There's no such implication, only that memory-unsafety
by jlokier 8y ago
> > The implication is that memory-safe languages do not have memory leaks, which is completely false.
> There's no such implication, only that memory-unsafety leads to memory leaks, which is true.
If we're going to read in the spirit of "looking for a way to read things that make sense rather than going out of your way to find a way to read it that makes it false"...
Then it depends which sort of implication.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicature
- newen 8y agoNot really. p therefore q implies not p therefore not q is a very basic logical fallacy. Making a statement does not imply it's inverse.