> there's also a whole other argument that the hardware is unsafe so all Rust code will depend on unsafe somewhere or another to run on actual hardware, but that's probably getting a bit into the weeds.
That's not going into the weeds, by that logic (Nirvana fallacy) no language is safe, you're going to die, so why bother about anything? Just lie down and wait for bugs to eat you.
Perhaps I got the quip wrong. I was basically trying to reference discussions I've seen elsewhere along the lines of "Rust is not actually memory-safe because it needs unsafe", sometimes followed by the argument you outlined. Those discussions can get a bit involved and I don't think this is a good time/place for them, so I more or less just wanted to reference it without spending much time/words on actually delving into it.
That's not going into the weeds, by that logic (Nirvana fallacy) no language is safe, you're going to die, so why bother about anything? Just lie down and wait for bugs to eat you.