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		pjmlp on Feb 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Datatype99: C99 with Sum Types, v0.1.0 - proper strings and arrays, bounded checked by default. By the way, it doesn't need to be Rust, there are plenty of alternatives, some of them like NEWP and PL/I variants are about 10 years older than C.

masklinn on Feb 4, 2021 [–]

- compiler prevents use of uninitialised or freed memory

- langage actually uses safety features in api design (good luck updating libc to use this)

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