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Comment by aw1621107 | original | C for Rust programmers
[−]aw1621107 · 2026-10-10 Sat 18:28 UTC · link
> And then it often turns out that Rust is not memory safe in practice. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49697392

For what it's worth, in that specific instance there's no memory safety issue since Rust is guaranteed to crash on stack overflow on Ubuntu (and probably other supported Linux distros)

[−]afdbcreid · 2026-10-10 Sat 23:55 UTC · link
For what it's worth, this is not only that specific instance. Rust might not be memory safe in theory, but when talking about "in practice" - there is profound evidence that Rust's memory safety works.