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belovedeagle
on Feb 24, 2017
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Memory safe languages aren't a panacea. There could just as easily have been a bug in the compiler or standard library with the same result.
AYBABTME
on Feb 24, 2017
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Sure... but that probability is equally present in the non memory-safe language, so that doesn't change anything.
ndesaulniers
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I've yet to learn a language where not handling exceptional cases properly did not result in a bug.
AYBABTME
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The point is not the absence of bugs. In a memory safe language, usually a bug doesn't lead in leaking the content of freed memory.
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