Author: Chris Angelico Date: To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] I have to cancel my Rust presentation for 3/4/2026
On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 at 19:48, Marin Ivanov <metala@???> wrote: > There is a valid subset of C programs that are memory-safe, therefore
> there could be a tool that consumes arbitrary code and converts it to
> memory-safe one. I'd argue that it could be done for assembly, as well.
>
Hmm, doesn't that just move the problem to a different level of
abstraction? Suppose, for example, that you made a perfectly
memory-safe implementation of the Ook language (which is Turing
complete), and then wrote a fully standards-compliant C compiler that
outputs Ook code. Does that mean that all C programs are now
memory-safe?