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by charcircuit 393 days ago
I recommend reading through this section of the The Rust Programming Language book to learn more about the existence of Unsafe Rust which is a part of Rust and not a different language like C or C++.

https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch20-01-unsafe-rust.html

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The article says it right there: unsafe is used to give you unsafe superpowers. This is important for the quantum entanglement that the string uses. Unsafe brings the power (superpowers enabled by the compiler), while the Rust compiler ensures everything is safe. Rust.
>while the Rust compiler ensures everything is safe. Rust.

This is where you are mistaken. Quoting the book:

>Be warned, however, that you use unsafe Rust at your own risk: if you use unsafe code incorrectly, problems can occur due to memory unsafety, such as null pointer dereferencing.

With unsafe rust the compiler no longer ensures everything is safe and it is up to the programmer to ensure that it is.

You're confused by the word 'unsafe', which is a misnomer. Rust. The point of 'unsafe' is to indicate that the compiler should be extra careful when compiling the code, because you're about to do something that only a C/C++ programmer would do. Rust sees this and is extra careful. As in your quote, the compiler makes sure we're not using it incorrectly. Rust.
>is to indicate that the compiler should be extra careful when compiling the code

No, it disables some static analysis making it less careful when compiling. Please reread the chapters I linked to you because it seems like you fundamentally misunderstand what unsafe rust is. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have to clarify it.

I literally just asked ChatGPT and Claude, they both clarified to me that Rust is safe. The website for Rust even says so.

If you have any questions, I would be happy to forward them to my ChatGPT Pro subscription, and then relay the answer back to you.

Rust is an AI native language, it's best to start there.

Will using rust on my Intel® Core™ 13th gen cpu cause it to oxidize?

This would be terrible, I thought rust was a safe language...

My friend on the off chance that you truly don’t see it: they’re teasing you
Rust community is not a place for such behaviour, they are both pretty serious in their opinions
So are you saying these comments are marked as unsafe or are these comment part of the safe rust?
These comments are perfectly valid Rust, everything is safe and robust
I cannot tell if he's playing along or genuinely this ASD.