Safety is Rust’s Fireflower

Steve is concerned that an overfocus on safety might sell Rust short. At its least compelling, safety turns into a PSA for you to “eat your vegetables.” And he makes a good point that for people who have only worked with safe languages, it’s a bit like se…

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