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> That’s not a bug, […]

Yes, I've mentioned this.

> […] it’s a limitation of your operating environment.

No, it isn't.

Memory is finite.

If your language doesn't handle this fact it's inherently unsafe, and a ticking time bomb.

> What else would you expect to happen?

Simply: No random crashes.

Especially as such a crash relies on the environment where the code is run. So it may work just fine "on your machine" but than crash in production…

That's imho a big no-no for anything that wants to be a "safe systems language" (especially as the post is mentioning things like nuclear power plants as target audience).




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