[jkarneges]

> Some people have reported that, thanks to Rust’s checks, they are more willing to write code that’s a bit more dangerous than in the equivalent C (or C++)

I rewrote a C project in Rust some years ago, and in the Rust version I included many optimizations that I probably wouldn't have in C code, thanks to the ability to do them "fearlessly". The end result was so much more performant I had to double check I didn't leave something out!