If Ada is already *very* safe, why Rust?

One of the first things I tried to find out about Ada is how it manages dynamic resources. What I found out is:

  1. Optional GC, on which no one can depend reliably due to its optionality
  2. Manual new/Unchecked_Deallocation
  3. RAII pointers either don't exist or are buried deep in manuals
  4. Finally, pointers ("access types") are nullable by default.

How can Ada be called safe language then??? Even dreaded C++ does the job better. Not to mention Haskell and friends which make as many invalid states as possible simply inexpressible.

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