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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You cannot make a safe yet universal cutting tool.

I’m neither language designer or crustacean advocate, but from what can be read, Rust seems to have managed just fine. The trick is probably to allow removing the cover of the sharp edge when needed (execute unsafe).