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> Worth noting that data races have a clear, unambiguous definition, and therefore are possible to eliminate through tooling. Race conditions rely on program intent or logic, and are therefore... not really.

This is a great point. Usually people only talk about the two categories in terms of vague severity, but this is a hard distinction which has lots of implications for how each can be dealt with.

Any kind of race can lead to data corruption, or being very drastic, possible death if the outcome is related to any computer system with direct influence over human lives like factory automation systems.

This is why I think Rust discussions about this subject don't focus enough that the language only validates a very tiny subset of races.

> Data races are undefined behavior, and race conditions are a logic error. Yes, both are bugs, and both are important to fix. But they have (at least to me) different severities.

Some data races really are benign while some other race conditions can lead to data corruption or security vulnerabilities. Why then should data races be strictly more severe than data races? What am I missing?