The keyword is overall. One wouldn’t typically pick a programming language purely based on how well it handles references. Generally Rust does memory safety be

The keyword is overall. One wouldn’t typically pick a programming language purely based on how well it handles references. Generally Rust does memory safety better than C++, that’s painfully clear as soon as one uses the language and compares it with what happens in a C++ project with average developers. But memory safety is just one dimension of evaluation.