I’ve never written a line of Rust in my life. Though as a user of computers I have an interest in software being secure, especially an HTTP client which I may a

I’ve never written a line of Rust in my life. Though as a user of computers I have an interest in software being secure, especially an HTTP client which I may at some point be subject to. I’ve been a developer for a long enough time, worked with enough developers, and written enough C (not much), to have formed the strong belief that: C’s typical use is not memory-safe due to completely understandable human error, these footguns do not justify its use in most greenfield contexts, and any developer that denies the existence of these footguns has bought into a delusion that I can’t even begin to understand. I don’t care if it’s Rust or something else. The fact that this completely legitimate and long-proven drawback of C is always met with “Rust fanboy!” comments speaks volumes, and not about ‘Rust people’. It’s incredibly disappointing that this is where we’re at with these sorts of discussions. Comments that essentially amount to “fake news!” and reject any premise of a shared reality.