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Andrew Kelley’s proposal to add a Fil-C inspired memory safety mode to Zig could upend the entire Rust vs. Zig debate. If successful, it offers a path to memory safety without the cognitive overhead of borrow checking, making Rust’s biggest selling point suddenly optional. The real question: will engineers actually use it?
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.