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No, that's not true. You can replace lots of unsafe C code with safer code even if C is used somewhere in the system.

You can decide to stop using dynamite to remove weeds and still use it in mining.



But that's not what we're talking about: we're talking about replacing C entirely. You can't outlaw dynamite if it's in use for making the dynamite replacement.




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