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How safe is zig?
Like, on a scale from c to rust?
issue c zig (release-safe) rust (release) out-of-bounds heap read/write none runtime runtime null pointer dereference none runtime runtime type confusion none runtime, partial¹ runtime² integer overflow none runtime runtime³ use after free none none compile time double free none none compile time invalid stack read/write none none compile time uninitialized memory none none compile time data race none none compile time
https://scattered-thoughts.net/writing/how-safe-is-zig/
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