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> Memory safety is a very small fraction of the problems a computer program can have

And a large fraction of the problems that lead to security situations. Worse, they are often so subtle that they stay in a codebase for decades.

> and replacing them by an immediate shutdown is hardly a very useful improvement on program quality.

That's a pretty absolutist statement about something that's very context dependent.



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