Summary
The blog post discusses the ongoing issue of memory safety in programming languages, arguing for the necessity of memory-safe practices, especially in critical software applications. It highlights the consequences of memory corruption, citing dangers posed to individuals like journalists, and critiques languages like C and C++ for their inherent vulnerabilities. The author emphasizes that new languages need to prioritize safety rather than leaving it as an optional feature and argues that while Rust offers better safety guarantees, ultimately more effort is required from developers to ensure secure coding practices. It concludes that no new codebases in sensitive areas should be written in inherently unsafe languages if alternatives exist.