> a memory leak in a memory-safe language would really be a big deal... It is not. Let me show you a memory leak in the memory safe language, rust: let v

> a memory leak in a memory-safe language would really be a big deal... It is not. Let me show you a memory leak in the memory safe language, rust: let vec: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(1024); std::mem::forget(vec); Let me show you a memory leak in the memory safe language, go: _ = time.Tick(1 * time.Second) See the docs for time.Tick in the stdlib, which documents that calling it is a memory leak: https://pkg.go.dev/time@go1.19.3#Tick https://pkg.go.dev/time@go1.19.3#Tick You can also, if you want to leak memory in go, set the environment variable GOGC=off, and there you go, instant memory leak. Practically any language, memory safe or otherwise, will let you create a memory leak.