On Wednesday, 6 November 2024 at 17:31:48 UTC, Salih Dincer wrote:

There's something depressing yet oddly liberating on seeing such a response on something that has been in progress for so many years now - time that could've been spent on other work perhaps.

Would be interesting to see what impact, if any, this has on the future efforts towards these safety features by those trying to drive them forward.

Maybe in another 7 years we'll be even slightly comparable to current-day Rust in terms of perception and discussion around memory safety, while they will have continued to solidify their positions in a niche that's only going to get harder to break into.