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by andriy_koval 62 days ago
why did it crash? Rust is supposed to be memory safe?..
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crashes happen for reasons besides memory safety. web-engines are crazy complicated pieces of software and crashes could happen for any number of reasons. also I would be shocked if this was written using purely safe rust
The JS engine is SpiderMonkey, which is C++.