Burning the Midnight Coffee • 64 implied HN points • 17 Nov 24
- The concept of 'borrow checking' helps programmers ensure their code is memory safe. This means the code won't allow unsafe practices like using memory that has already been freed.
- Implementing a simple, C-like language called Cnile can introduce memory safety by adding rules that check for issues during compilation rather than at runtime. This involves stopping problems like double-free and use-after-free situations.
- Using single-use types ensures resources can only be used once, which helps prevent memory leaks and makes it safer to manage dynamic data structures in programming.