alt Hacker NewsI don't think anyone believes the “if it compile it works” phrase literally.
It's just that once it compiles Rust code will work more often than most languages, but that doesn't mean Rust code will automatically be bug free and I don't think anyone believes that.
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embedding-shape • yesterday at 11:59 AM
There are definitively people in the ecosystem who peddle sentiments like "Woah, Rust helps so much that I can basically think 'if this compiles, everything will work', and most of the times it does!", and that's the confusing part for many people. Examples found in 30 seconds of searching:
- https://bsky.app/profile/codewright.bsky.social/post/3m4m5mv...
- https://bsky.app/profile/naps62.bsky.social/post/3lpopqwznfs...
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Yeah, even the official Rust book points it out and if my memory serves me right (not punintended) also gives an example in the form of creating a memory leak (not to be confused with memory unsafe).