C != OpenSSL. Some [1] would argue OpenSSL is not representative at all what C can do. Maybe you should check out Redis for beauty [2] and joy [3]. On the same

C != OpenSSL. Some [1] would argue OpenSSL is not representative at all what C can do. Maybe you should check out Redis for beauty [2] and joy [3]. On the same note C != C++ either and you can write large systems in C++ without ever using memory allocation. You can use only bounds checked functions. And you can have large security holes if you're not careful, no matter which language you pick. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7556407 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7556407 [2] http://johnpwood.net/2012/07/18/the-beauty-of-redis/ http://johnpwood.net/2012/07/18/the-beauty-of-redis/ [3] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2275413 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2275413