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by TZubiri 386 days ago
I feel like the safe equivalent of this is not to have it at all. You know when something FEELS wrong?

Like using selenium to automate a web task? Or like using javascript on the kernel? Or using C# on linux?

It just doesn't feel right to write an application whose mode of operation is unsafe (sending a string over IO) whose raison d'etre is unsafe (saying yes to everything without reading it), and to write it in a memory safe way.

It's like using a seatbelt when driving at 100mph, switching lanes in the highway, and drinking rum n coke(but with diet coke).