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Python is memory safe? Can't you access/address memory with C bindings?

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[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 110 points 8 months ago

Python is memory safe? Can't you access/address memory with C bindings?

You can do that in basically any language. Rust even has the ability to break out of its safeguards and write unsafe Rust code.

"Memory safety" in this context is more about the defaults and how easy it is to write unsafe code accidentally.

[-] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 32 points 8 months ago

Obligatory link to the Rustonomicon.

Should you wish a long and happy career of writing Rust programs, you should turn back now and forget you ever saw this book.

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