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I didn't say that. But if you think about memory then GC does more harm than good because you have no help from the language. A GC is not the only fix for UAF

• pjmlp 3mo ago
  Depends very much which programming languages we're talking about. There are enough managed languages with knobs allowing to do C like coding when required to do so.
  • tjoff 3mo ago
    Which is about as convenient as opt-in types in python. Nice to have but but a poor substitute and requires much more diligence than if it was designed for it in the first place.
    • wild_egg 3mo ago
      That really, really depends on the language.
    • pjmlp 3mo ago
      It is perfectly convenient across D, Modula-2+, Modula-3, C#, Nim, Swift, Oberon, C++/CLI, and plenty others.