I think all your points are probably right (and insightful). But I think in this case the (immediate) goal isn't really popular adoption of this solution by exi

I think all your points are probably right (and insightful). But I think in this case the (immediate) goal isn't really popular adoption of this solution by existing C (or maybe even C++) programmers. In part, it is simply a practical, relatively low cost solution to address the problem of invalid memory access in existing C/C++ code (and thus, for example, remote code execution vulnerabilities in internet facing code). Clearly we've still not reached the point where critical internet infrastructure vulnerabilities are perceived as costly enough to justify actually solving the problem (as you say in point 5). And collectively, we've not yet concluded that cheaper mitigation techniques aren't a "good enough" solution. At least for now. But the costs (of critical vulnerabilities) are still going up, and there may come a time when some conclude that they have no choice but to properly address the issue. And some may opt for the least expensive option (i.e. something like SaferCPlusPlus rather than a full rewrite in another memory-safe language). Of course, more appealing solutions might emerge before that time comes. But there is also a longer term goal. I see a safe dialect of C++ (like SaferCPlusPlus) perhaps relevant in a future where code is liberated from the "language silo" it's trapped in, via auto-translators. For example, I don't expect C programmers to switch to SaferCPlusPlus en masse (although I'll probably continue to encourage it :). The idea is that legacy C code would be auto-translated to SaferCPlusPlus (with or without the support/consent of the original author). Kind of like how the tor guys used to build their ("safer") version of firefox with the sanitizers enabled[1], and didn't need the permission of the firefox developers to do it. But it doesn't have to be restricted to just legacy C/C++ code. Modern C++ is so powerful that lots of languages could be translated to (a safe dialect of) it. I think. Presumably C++ would be a more appealing language if it had easy access to, say, all the existing Java code via auto-translation. This of course would apply to any language, but I think its power and performance makes C++ a good target for auto-translation. I'm sure other languages would make good targets too. Basically, in the future I expect auto-translation quality to be a bigger factor wrt language relevance than marketing or mind-share. [1] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-55a4-hardened-released https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-55a4-hardened-r...