[rstuart4133]

> The only problem is that, in (*actual).reality, unsafe Rust is difficult to read, difficult to write, difficult to maintain, difficult to learn, has zero features for ergonomics

All true.

> and has poorly defined rules.

The rules aren't so poorly documented. The options for working with/around them, like say using UnsafeCell, do seem to be scattered across the internet.

But you omitted a key point: unlike C and Zig, unsafe code in Rust is contained. In the Rust std library for example, there are 35k functions, 7.5k are unsafe. In C or Zig, all 35k would be unsafe. If you are claiming those 35k unsafe lines in C or Zig would be easier to maintain safely than those 7.5k lines of unsafe Rust, I'd disagree.