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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The unsafe rust keyword basically just lets you declare a scope in which some memory checks do not need to pass for the program to compile.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Some people write their entire codebase within those parentheses.

^me.^ ^I'm^ ^talking^ ^about^ ^me^

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They like to live ~~dangerously~~ unsafely

Nah I know I was just shitposting lol

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Also exists in C#, where it allows you to use pointers.

:3 idk should we try the unsafe code?