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That’s memory-safe Rust mixed with unsafe assembly. The Rust should block many errors that would exist in an unsafe stack. There’s definitely benefits even if the whole program is no longer memory safe.

It’s also the same strategy I would have used except maybe attempting extra verification of the assembly. It’s one of the best choices with today’s tools. There’s work on constant-time compilation and certification but I don’t know its maturity.

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