Okay, point taken, but I'd like to back-pedal a bit if you don't mind. I agree that Rust is very immature, but again I think I misspoke. The basic point I'm t

Okay, point taken, but I'd like to back-pedal a bit if you don't mind. I agree that Rust is very immature, but again I think I misspoke. The basic point I'm trying to make is that C is (a) fraught with historical baggage that makes it difficult to use safely, in practice and that (b) this comment thread proves this point. All points made beyond this are secondary and tangential. Again, I have to agree with you about the maturity of Rust, but I must insist that using C is fraught with absolute insanity. Sometimes it's the only thing available, but it's still insane.