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239 points ivankra | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 11:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source

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Why is stuff written in rust always promoted as "written in rust" like its some magic thing?

1. DetroitThrow ◴[16 Nov 25 16:56 UTC] No.45946496[source]▶

Usually if a project isn't using unsafe, it means memory bugs are not a thing while still promising non-GC speeds.

However, this project is using a ton of unsafe (partly to offer GC behavior for js): https://github.com/search?q=repo%3AHans-Halverson%2Fbrimston...

Brimstone: ES2025 JavaScript engine written in Rust