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Re:How Our Rust-to-Zig Rewrite Is Going by skissane on Thursday July 16, 2026 @01:41PM (#48937711)
> Why do we want a very specific form of safety instead of wanting safety in general?

Because a “very specific form of safety” is a useful tool in achieving “safety in general”

Because a “very specific form of safety” is tractable for a compiler and language runtime to achieve, “safety in general” isn’t

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