> Are they? Yes, they are. > We have no way to know as no modern language has the reach and widespread usage of something like C. None needs to have that wid

> Are they? Yes, they are. > We have no way to know as no modern language has the reach and widespread usage of something like C. None needs to have that widespread usage for us to see this. Many bugs in C code causing big security issues are impossible to make in more modern programming languages. Sure, you can make other security issues, of course you can. But the net result is less security issues. > the main issue is not the language but the programmers using it. All bugs are caused by programmers making mistakes, but that doesn't mean the language isn't an issue. A language which requires more effort to write correct and secure programs is an inferior language. A language with a long list of situations where the compiler will silently invoke unpredictable behaviour, a list any programmer will sometimes fail to fully account for, is an inferior language.