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by Chabsff 816 days ago
Rust's safety mechanisms don't exist just to prevent bugs from escalating into security issues, they exist to prevent the whole class of bugs related to reference handling from being present in the first place. That's supposed to mean programs that work more consistently. Handwaving techniques that lead to programs panicking as "Well at least it doesn't become a security concern" is missing the forest for the trees.