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Ok, so be it. C and C++ are still insane to work with.
by thiht 4y ago
Ok, so be it. C and C++ are still insane to work with.
- ethanwillis 4y agoIt's really not that bad and comments like this just perpetuate the fear to other people who have never touched them.
- andybak 4y agoI think possibly "perpetuating the fear" was the intent. I'm not siding with OP as I don't use C but if they think it's a bad choice then they probably want to assist other people in avoiding that choice.
- plainnoodles 4y agoI honestly think it is that bad. Heartbleed was reviewed twice by literal OpenSSL experts and security experts who were specifically looking at it to determine whether it was a security vulnerability or not and concluded (incorrectly) it was not. And now it's the poster child for bad software bugs. It's really hard to write correct software in any language, and time has shown again and again that memory safety is just not something you can hope to do without if you care about security in the slightest.
- pipeline_peak 4y agoWhenever I see a small comment like “C++ bad, X good” I wonder if the poster has a thorough understanding or they just hold the opinion because it’s fashionable since they heard it so many places prior.