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Re:When Zig is safer and faster than Rust by mustache_kimono on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @06:49PM (#35063123)
I've actually read full comment you're referencing and your take absolutely mischaracterizes what was said. Whether your take is malicious or merely reckless, I don't know, but I do know your take is the precise opposite of what was said.

Others can read the entire comment themselves[0], but the pertinent part re: this individual discussing 'unsafe' can be found in the second graph:

    "[W]hen you're learning new things and thus reading introductory material, you'll often see pithy statements that you may interpret as being commandments or something that is supposed to always be true, but in reality they are imprecise statements because it is just impossible to explain everything up front."
[0]: https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/11eyu50/i_love_rust_i...
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Re:When Zig is safer and faster than Rust by hitekker on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @06:54PM (#35063166)
It's basically a dog whistle. When you read their long, meandering, justification, of course, there's some excuse or some sleight-of-word that makes the analogy sound fine. But pretty much everyone will understand it exactly how it reads and how it means: the programmer can't be trusted to use unsafe.

It's the kind of word game that extremely online people like to play.

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Re:When Zig is safer and faster than Rust by burntsushi on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:24PM (#35063473)
Congrats. You're the first person I know of to accuse me of dog whistling. Being "extremely online" for about two decades now, I'd say that's pretty damn good. So what am I dog whistling exactly? That people shouldn't use 'unsafe'? Lol. Wow, I really came out swinging! pats self on back

I am actually teaching my toddler how to use a knife. So I'm not sure how that follows...

The GP is right. My comment was sincere and means the exact opposite of what you accuse me of "implying" or "dog whistling."

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