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C can be memory safe, part 2
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This post from last year was posted to a forum, so I thought I'd write up some rebuttals to their comments.
The first comment is by David Chisnall, creator of CHERI C/C++, which proposes we can solve the problem with CPU instruction set extensions. It's a good idea, but after 14 years, CPUs haven't had their instruction-sets upgraded. Even mainstream RISC V processors haven't been created using those extensions.
Chisnall: "If your safety requires you to insert explicit checks, it’s …
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