[whytevuhuni]

> Seemingly, there is an assumption that software written in Rust is inherently better

Yes. Both Rust and its standard library have features that make programs be less likely to have problems.

> than any other

No. It's just better than the languages that are very popular right now.

> or that if something is written in Rust, it cannot have any errors.

No. How people keep jumping from "better" to "absolutely 100% infallible" is beyond me. Nobody is claiming this.

> But why fix programs that are already memory safe?

Because:

1. Programs that are already memory safe still need to be improved, and those improvements are really dangerous in a dangerous language

2. Things like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46013579