> what is the use case for starting a new project that does binary encoding and network with such an unsafe language like C? *Shrug* Some people prefer simpli

> what is the use case for starting a new project that does binary encoding and network with such an unsafe language like C? *Shrug* Some people prefer simplicity. > I find it almost inexcusable at this point. C has been deployed, since the 80s, in millions upon millions of life-critical systems with loss of human life due to C-specific errors close to zero. It's fascinating that you think that, until Rust (or modern C++ came along), people were being killed in significant numbers due to C-specific errors.