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Well, yes. What people forget to mention is that security always has a price. That's why less safe languages are more popular.
by astrobe_ 7y ago
Well, yes. What people forget to mention is that security always has a price. That's why less safe languages are more popular.
- staticassertion 7y agoLess safe languages are not more popular at all. Memory safety was a huge selling point for languages like Java, Python, etc. The cost in those cases is performance. The cost is offset massively by productivity. It's less about direct costs and more about constraints and priorities.