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It is a helmet. But at least it's a helmet in situations where you get into brain cracking accidents multiple times a day. In the end the helmet allows you to get back up and continue your journey compared to when you had no helmet.


We're talking about Zig not C. Same argument will apply to Odin.

These modern approaches are not languages that result in constant memory-safety issues like you imply.


Modern as in 1978 and Modula-2 was just made available.

Or better yet, modern as 1961 Burroughs released ESPOL/NEWP and C was a decade away to be invented.




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