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Re:Speed of Rust vs. C by steveklabnik on Saturday March 13, 2021 @09:59AM (#26446969)
> Honestly, what does that even mean?

It has a very specific meaning in Rust: the user can cause memory unsafety if they make a mistake.

> I think a better word is “error-prone.”

The issue with the connotation there is that it's not about the rate of problems, it's about them going from "impossible" to "possible."

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