Memory Safety

Cpp2Rust Promises Safe Rust Automatically. That’s Exactly the Problem.

Cpp2Rust promises to automatically translate legacy C++ into safe Rust. But Rust’s safety isn’t syntax — it’s a philosophy of ownership that C++ was never designed to express. Automated translation risks producing code that looks safe, compiles clean, and carries the Rust label while preserving the same invisible assumptions and race conditions that made the original C++ dangerous in the first place.