Memory Safety Is Merely Table Stakes

Re:Memory Safety Is Merely Table Stakes by zahlman on Thursday June 26, 2025 @06:22PM (#44392064)

To be fair, there's a pretty clear difference between achieving memory safety with a garbage collector and run-time type information, versus achieving it through static analysis.

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Re:Memory Safety Is Merely Table Stakes by fiddlerwoaroof on Thursday June 26, 2025 @09:11PM (#44392981)

Static analysis is worse and limits the programs you can write in annoying ways?

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Re:Memory Safety Is Merely Table Stakes by zahlman on Friday June 27, 2025 @02:51AM (#44394311)

I like dynamic typing, but the point wasn't about holy warring. The point is simply that it's different.

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