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nvme0n1p1 71 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How Our Rust-to-Zig Rewrite Is Going

That would mean no language can ever be considered safe, because any language can emit bytes to a file that will later be executed.

inigyou 71 days ago [–]

Correct. Safety is a system property, not a language property. Calling a language safe is about as sensible as calling a metal alloy unsinkable.

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