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by insanitybit 945 days ago
> and the "escape hatch" of "unsafe {}" ended up being 1000x more error prone that C.

IMO this is the biggest issue right now. `unsafe` needs some refinement, certainly.

> the overall trend was more in trying to defend Rust with whatever it takes.

This can sometimes be the case, unfortunately. But fwiw I think a lot of us in the community agree entirely that there's room to improve in the unsafe world.