You _will_ make a horrible screw-up and your code _will_ be insecure. However, it's worth the bother as an educational experience. For anyone wondering, I write

You _will_ make a horrible screw-up and your code _will_ be insecure. However, it's worth the bother as an educational experience. For anyone wondering, I write C for a living, learned C 22 years ago and I hate writing every line of it (now, I liked it in the beginning).