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If you remove the PEEK() and POKE() functions, older BASIC is also memory safe.
I mean, Rust is on this list.
My intention with the title was to let the reader know that this is not just an article shilling about rust but instead demonstrating other languages aswell.
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This page has some interesting ideas about "safety" without any pre-conditions.

As a starter, Java is safe. Probably safer than most of the C-based candidates on this list. And we are only speaking about Java without tooling vs C with tooling.