> Not sure what you are basing this on but it's probably not an exaggeration to say that C/C++ has generated hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue over dec

> Not sure what you are basing this on but it's probably not an exaggeration to say that C/C++ has generated hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue over decades And PHP, Cobol, Perl, etc. Just because a tool is useful is not a reason to avoid point their problems. And C/C++ have very well know problems, since decades ago. > Saying it's a "VERY costly mistake" is baffling. Maybe if MS say it? https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-70-percent-of-all-security-bugs-are-memory-safety-issues/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-70-percent-of-all-se... https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-heres-why-we-love-programming-language-rust-and-kicked-off-project-verona/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-heres-why-we-love-pr... Just to point a recent one...