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> Requires LLVM (a huge overkill on a system otherwise based on GCC), no proper support for dynamic linking, own build system, absolutely huge "ecosystem", No standardization (-> no competing implementations), SLOW to compile.

All of those are secondary if Rust is able to reliably produce memory safe software.

> Rust it self also has it's fare share of free after use etc bugs. Please check: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=Rust

A relatively quick skim through those issues seems to indicate that the unsafe keyword really is unsafe. I wonder if SQLite can be written without it Rust?




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