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Memory safety absolutists

by Piotr Sarnacki itsallaboutthebit.com published 2026-07-286 min read

When seeing the title of this post, I bet in some people's minds, the first thought was "Rust devs!". This connection is not unfounded. Rust devs tend to be passionate about memory safety. Some of it, I'm sure, may have been caused by a classic language wars attitude: my language is better than yours, and here is why…

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