> At the moment, what's their real alternative? Ada? Chapel? ATS? D if you avoid the GC? > That said, I agree this isn't acceptable C code for something that

> At the moment, what's their real alternative? Ada? Chapel? ATS? D if you avoid the GC? > That said, I agree this isn't acceptable C code for something that runs on untrusted data while using tons of pointer arithmetic. Why not? It's not the prettiest code ever, but it gets the point across of what's going on.