Rust is like walking across a mine field with all the mines flagged for you. You can dig up the mine and remove the flags over time. Or at least know to avoid stepping carelessly around them.

In C you only see the flags people know of or remembered to plant. There's an awful lot of mines left unflagged and sometimes you step on them.

It's very obvious to me which would be more safe and I find myself questioning why it is isn't so obvious to others.