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14 November 2025

  • curprev 15:0515:05, 14 November 2025 PC talk contribs 9,369 bytes +9,369 Created page with "That sentence is not an exaggeration. It is a snapshot of what safe-by-default code looks like when reality bites. This article walks through four real, compact examples where the borrow checker acted like a safety rail, a referee, and an early-warning system all at once. Each example has clear code, a short benchmark or outcome, and a hand-drawn-style architecture diagram that reveals why the bug would have been catastrophic in other languages. Read this like a develo..."
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