D not considered memory safe

Timon Gehr timon.gehr at gmx.ch
Mon Jul 8 23:18:36 UTC 2024


On 7/8/24 18:16, monkyyy wrote:
> On Monday, 8 July 2024 at 15:27:49 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>> On 7/6/24 16:56, aberba wrote:
>>>  From another angle, would you choose "less freedom but more 
>>> security" or "more freedom but less security"? You can't have both.
>>
>> Arguably, security is a form of freedom.
> 
> Maybe in some political theories, but on a computer? No
> ...

The context here is programming a computer. I don't know why you jump to 
politics. It's also against the forum guidelines.

The simple fact is that if you program in a language without footguns, 
you are free to not worry about shooting your own foot. (Assuming you 
like having feet.)


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