That's misinformation. There's no overestimation. The problem is so bad that even the US government advocates the use of memory safe languages (including GC languages).

I have used C and C++. You need laser sharp focus to avoid memory safety errors even after you learn what causes them and how to avoid them. It's significantly easier to write programs in Rust because any lapse in care to avoid memory safety bugs are caught by the compiler.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I mean is that even if you use GC languages like Java or Go you will still encounter annoying bugs. I’m not saying that memory safety isn’t important.

[–] technom@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You said bugs caused by 'memory problems'. And that Rust programmers vastly overestimate them. Those aren't generic logical bugs that you get in Go or Java. And Rust never claimed to solve logical bugs.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 1 points 1 year ago

I’m more poking fun at Rust enthusiasts who make it seem like programs are automatically bug free just because they’re written in Rust.

Haskell enthusiasts made similar claims as well.