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"But, even sandboxing and memory-safe languages cannot prevent logic problems." => Indeed. I wonder how you plan to reduce the amount of exploitable bugs to literally zero given that nothing can fully prevent logic problems.

Anyway, it sounds like a lot of work to reduce to literally zero the number of exploitable defects. Some advocate that a lazier approach based on POLA and object capabilities could work too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eL... (I timestamped for the relevant part, but the full talk is good to watch too).

Building on an object capability language, even if some exploitable bugs remain along the edges, allow a high-level of security. Not sure how Rust stands, but it looks promising for sure.

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