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by nahuel0x 541 days ago
It's surprising to see an article with such a large encompassing of different techniques, hybrid techniques and design interactions with the type system, but is more surprising that a whole dimension of memory (un)management was left out: memory fragmentation
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It's probably because fragmentation isn't a safety issue. (In the sense of 'safety' being discussed here.)
It doesn't create UB, but it is something safety critical software has to address.
... which is why I had that little bit at the end there.