alt Hacker NewsNobody believes Rust programs are but free, though. Rust never promised that. It doesn't even promise memory safety, it only promises memory safety if you restrict yourself to safe APIs which simply isn't always possible.
Nobody believes Rust programs are but free, though. Rust never promised that. It doesn't even promise memory safety, it only promises memory safety if you restrict yourself to safe APIs which simply isn't always possible.
> it only promises memory safety if you restrict yourself to safe APIs which simply isn't always possible.
Less than that actually, considering Rust has its own definition of what "safe" means.