This is a silly argument. Making a language _memory safe_ protects against one class of bugs and that has merit in and of itself. The fact that there are more c

This is a silly argument. Making a language _memory safe_ protects against one class of bugs and that has merit in and of itself. The fact that there are more classes does not negate the value of that. To borrow(lol!) your own analogy here: it makes $language Safer. Not safe.