I completely accept them in an operating systems context. I have a soft spot for C. But they have no business in application programming. As you say, they ar

I completely accept them in an operating systems context. I have a soft spot for C. But they have no business in application programming. As you say, they are about the state of your computer's memory, (not your application!) Then of course Rust came along and I'm questioning even that level of tolerance for them.