if you can't write code without buffer overflows, how are you going to write code that is accurate on any of a number of other dimensions? You need to do things

if you can't write code without buffer overflows, how are you going to write code that is accurate on any of a number of other dimensions? You need to do things the right number of times, if you don't, you get the wrong answer. I agree that security vulns are bad bad, but correctness is also a good thing, and getting things right is not a "nice to have" skill.