I think you should watch the linked presentation, it will show how it is "safer" than rust. Unfortunately there are performance implications, but fil-c seems fast enough to go into production for many workloads and surprisingly needs very little code changes to existing C/C++ projects which is a huge benefit.
I think Fil-C might make a lot of sense for running legacy C or C++ codebases. But for new code, it seems like it’s trying to compete with other GC languages. Take away C’s performance advantages and I don’t know why anyone would use it.
Fil-C: Combining the ergonomics of C with the performance of Python!
I like using C. It is simple, elegant, has very fast compilation times, requires no FFI needed for many libraries, is extremely stable and extremely portable, a large ecosystem, and, most importantly, I do not think the ergonomics of C are bad.
It is inconvenient to start using it as it comes with basically nothing out of the box, but this is irrelevant after a short time using it.
