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Re:We rewrote a high-performance database in Rust by lupire on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @05:59PM (#33254617)
What are you saying?
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Re:We rewrote a high-performance database in Rust by mamcx on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @06:35PM (#33255003)
Well if the questions is:

> What are the main correctness risks in C++ if you just never use a raw pointer?

All the code on C/C++ IS a correctness "risks". Only constant, manual inspection could(maybe) say otherwise.

What Rust gives is significant reduction of the risks.

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