Memory safety can be defined in more than one way, so it’s super worthwhile to figure out how to define it and what meets the definition and what doesn’t.
We should do more of that as a community. It’s important stuff. Ima do my part so you’ll likely see me poke at how Fil-C does a thing that Rust doesn’t do. If you read my arguments unemotionally, I think you’ll get a deeper appreciation for Fil-C, Rust, and memory safe language design generally.
What we shouldn’t do is reduce the discussion to claiming in a blog post that so-and-so “doesn’t like” such-and-such.
We should do more of that as a community. It’s important stuff. Ima do my part so you’ll likely see me poke at how Fil-C does a thing that Rust doesn’t do. If you read my arguments unemotionally, I think you’ll get a deeper appreciation for Fil-C, Rust, and memory safe language design generally.
What we shouldn’t do is reduce the discussion to claiming in a blog post that so-and-so “doesn’t like” such-and-such.