Reply to post: Re: Explain this to me, please

Rust in peace: Memory bugs in C and C++ code cause security issues so Microsoft is considering alternatives once again

Niarbeht

Re: Explain this to me, please

You can ring-fence the word "unsafe". You can track down wherever its effects are. It's harder to ring-fence your entire program. Computer security is all about reducing your attack surface, and that's a thing that Rust helps with.

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