Well, then, three languages scratched off my list. At least, assuming y'all are using the correct definition of "memory safe". There is no sensible reason in 2

Well, then, three languages scratched off my list. At least, assuming y'all are using the correct definition of "memory safe". There is no sensible reason in 2023 for a language to be memory unsafe. What tiny performance advantages can be eked out are completely and utterly trounced by the multi-decade history of the catastrophic errors made and security vulnerabilities created. Whatever performance optimizations could be made are either A: a bad idea anyhow or B: if not actually a bad idea, available through the use of "unsafe" blocks in an otherwise safe language anyhow.