The culmination of your message was "Let's just collectively admit it, finally - you can't write safe C++ in a codebase this complex.", that's your point. It's

The culmination of your message was "Let's just collectively admit it, finally - you can't write safe C++ in a codebase this complex.", that's your point. It's probably correct, but also meaningless as I mentioned, because: a) most codebases aren't even nearly this complex b) no one will likely write such a codebase again So the entire "point" is just trivia. It can't be used to decide whether to program something in C++, it can't be used to decide whether to use Chrome, it's not actionable at all. Frankly I'm peeved that a superficial comment triggered such a long discussion and monopolised the top spot in the thread instead of making space for technical explanations or more interesting discussion.