I don't find null pointers any worse in C++ than in Java or C#. Seg fault or a NullPointerException that you can't do anything useful with, take your pick. Buf

I don't find null pointers any worse in C++ than in Java or C#. Seg fault or a NullPointerException that you can't do anything useful with, take your pick. Buffer overflows, now, those are a special pain in C and C++. In many applications you don't need to work with arrays directly, though; and when you do need to do a lot of stuff with arrays, you probably also need it to run fast.