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Re:Nvidia Security Team: “What if we just stopped using C?” by twic on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:20PM (#33508876)
> And rust is unsafe if you use unsafe rust (or even if you use Arc in safe rust and reference count incorrectly).

I don't believe it's possible to cause unsafety using Arc in safe Rust. I don't know what "reference count incorrectly" means here. Could you explain?

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Re:Nvidia Security Team: “What if we just stopped using C?” by vitiral on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:47PM (#33509307)
I believe they are referring to memory leaks. Not really a "safety concern" as it will simply cause the application to crash (eventually).
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