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		aragilar on Oct 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pledging $300k to the Zig Software Foundation That's assuming a certain type of program is the one you're writing (naturally everyone wants a browser that is bug free and un-exploitable). Not every program talks to the network, not every program handles untrusted data, and not every program has the same risk profile as a browser. Every program has the problem of bugs though, so focusing on making it easy to avoid and fix bugs is more valuable to a wider audience.

DanielHB on Oct 3, 2024 [–]

Not saying that full memory safety is bad, but like the original post said:

> I haven't yet seen a language where full memory safety didn't come at an extraordinary cost

But like you said yourself there are many types of applications where full memory safety is very important.

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