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Re:JavaScript performance, WebAssembly, and Shared Memory in... by pcwalton on Friday April 21, 2017 @10:37AM (#14165956)
> RAII + smart pointers eliminate the most pernicious memory management issues.

No, they don't. Browsers have been using RAII and smart pointers for years and years. The memory management-related vulnerabilities keep happening.

The biggest problem tends to be use-after-free, which smart pointers do absolutely nothing to mitigate.

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