Alex Gaynor • 8/12/2019

Introduction to Memory Unsafety for VPs of Engineering

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This technical article introduces the concept of memory unsafety, explaining how programming languages like C and C++ allow spatial errors (out-of-bounds reads/writes) and temporal errors (use-after-free) that lead to severe security vulnerabilities. It contrasts these with memory-safe languages (e.g., Rust, Python, Java) and is aimed at engineering leaders to highlight a critical software security concern.

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