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    16 days ago

    I feel like this has come up before, and D is not memory safe. It has some helper-type features, but at the end of the day it is still C-like.

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      16 days ago

      Not if you opt in it. You can even put @safe: in the beginning of your D source code, then you’ll have a memory safe D (you have to opt out by using @trusted then @system).

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        15 days ago

        Alright, I’ll actually dive into the research again…

        Oh, I see, D is garbage collected, so really it’s more like Java or Python. Maybe that’s what I’m remembering. Also, @safe code sounds like it’s pretty limited - far more limited than non-unsafe Rust.

        Basically, if a language had been Rust before Rust showed up, Rust would have been a non-event. They solved a problem that was legitimately open at the time.