I do agree with most of your points, porting may not be possible. However, I was just wondering if the future of C/C++ can be much safer than it is right now.

I do agree with most of your points, porting may not be possible. However, I was just wondering if the future of C/C++ can be much safer than it is right now. for example, GCC's GUARDED_BY macro is a big help in thread safety for c/c++. not sure how much further we can go but just a thought.