C++'s problem is that it still silently supports non-Modern style code, so the safety is opt-in. And you have to check everywhere for it. It's not as bad as C w

C++'s problem is that it still silently supports non-Modern style code, so the safety is opt-in. And you have to check everywhere for it. It's not as bad as C where the safety just doesn't exist, but it's not much better. As you noticed yourself, it's not actually used safely!