Without weighing in on Rust specifically, that's a fallacy, though I'm unsure of the formal name of it: "any solution that doesn't solve all problems is equival

Without weighing in on Rust specifically, that's a fallacy, though I'm unsure of the formal name of it: "any solution that doesn't solve all problems is equivalent to the status quo". Nobody is claiming all bugs will go away. But the claim that new classes of bugs will manifest specifically to take the place of memory safety bugs is extraordinary and needs justification. It's a bit like going into the wilderness and packing survival gear: the argument "you don't need a warm jacket, because if you get lost the starvation will kill you even if the frostbite doesn't" doesn't hold up.