The context switch buys you safety from many cases of corruption due to uninitialized memory mistakes etc. though, if using an unmanaged language. In C-type co

The context switch buys you safety from many cases of corruption due to uninitialized memory mistakes etc. though, if using an unmanaged language. In C-type code with sqlite embedded, you might write garbage over its internal datastructures. A program error might still make you issue the wrong command or write corrupt data, but you shouldn't corrupt the internals with process isolation.