Discussion Thread: DIP 1028--Make @safe the Default--Final Review

[Walter Bright]

On 3/31/2020 2:12 PM, Arine wrote:
> With the current implementation and proposal of @live, it is effectively the 
> equivalent of comparing a pair of scissors to a lawn mower. To be comparable to 
> something like Rust would require an entire language rewrite from the ground up. 
> Even though there are already significant breaking changes, they aren't 
> sufficient and I don't imagine breaking everything completely is on the table.

I've encountered such opinions my entire career. Fortunately, I never pay 
attention to them.