Linux hasn't segfaulted on me in years. Nor has Python C level (except when I use ctypes to use openssl directly). Nor has gcc, emacs or any of the standard s

Linux hasn't segfaulted on me in years. Nor has Python C level (except when I use ctypes to use openssl directly). Nor has gcc, emacs or any of the standard shell commands I use. When I worked in a large C shop writing network servers, we all got emailed whenever our code segfaulted with a stack trace. Now our Java servers routinely catch all exceptions and then need to be restarted for some reason when the network glitches. I wouldn't use C for high velocity business logic ("alternating soft and hard layers") but I'd absolutely use it for stuff that needs reliability. I'd use Go now also.