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Re:Confession Of A C/C++ Programmer (2017) by Ar-Curunir on Monday January 25, 2021 @07:18PM (#25910783)
Err there are other ways to prove (memory) safety than exhaustive testing, such as better type systems and static analysis (Rust) or better run time checks (any garbage collected language)
Re:Confession Of A C/C++ Programmer (2017) by extrememota on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @11:48AM (#25930427)
Memory safety is not the only type of safety though. There are race conditions for example.