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Re:DConf 2019 in London by jetzzz on Friday February 15, 2019 @08:46AM (#19170842)
> Rust achieves memory safety without a tracing GC. D has traditionally relied on the GC for that

Isn't D memory unsafe by default?

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Re:DConf 2019 in London by atilaneves on Friday February 15, 2019 @09:42AM (#19171253)
> Isn't D memory unsafe by default?

Yes, but it only takes this to guarantee it:

void main() @safe { // ... }

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Re:DConf 2019 in London by earenndil on Friday February 15, 2019 @10:27AM (#19171612)
Not quite, that doesn't guard for safety in things like module constructors.
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