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So?

This is like applications adding artificial delay to operations so users aren't surprised they complete so quickly.

User understanding is more important than definitional correctness.

I don’t understand why you want people to be afraid of code though. It’s just code. We don’t need a scary connotation to make people think they should shoot for completely compiler verifiable rust in every line they can write.

Users who don't even know the meaning of "unsafe" almost definitely shouldn't be writing unsafe code.

That's an elitist mindset

What it boils down to is "Users who don't even know what a trigger is should be discouraged from handling footguns". Sure, if you don't have the resources to learn about the subject, you might miss out on some fun, but it's much more likely that you'd blow off your foot instead, which would be much less fun.

It's a user-friendly mindset.

User-friendly is subjective. I think it would be more user friendly to tell users "hey, this code you're writing can't be verified by the compiler" rather than "hey, this code is unsafe. beware"

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