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6P58r3MXJSLitoday at 11:59 AM1 replyview on HN

> Rust has shown that extensive safety checks can be applied at compile time with zero runtime overhead.

at the cost of developing time and workarounds overhead.

> And, if it's not possible to prove this statically - you should be heavily questioning the security of that code.

or that's exactly the compromise that allows you to develop that software

there is no 100% safety with zero overhead

it is not possible


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mejutocotoday at 12:02 PM

The claim was runtime cost

> the competing language will have a runtime cost, which often is unacceptable.

The problem you now mention

> at the cost of developing time and workarounds overhead.

Also happens with plain c and the "pay attention" method.

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