Having a trivial binary format is not particularly great, nor is supporting one binary format and not another. Yet when you get to the complexity of ELF parsin

Having a trivial binary format is not particularly great, nor is supporting one binary format and not another. Yet when you get to the complexity of ELF parsing, while I'm sure it's possible to code defensively and end up with fewer bugs than something like libbfd, parser bugs in general are the bread and butter of C. Solution? In my opinion, either don't bother parsing any binary formats (who actually needs that functionality?), or use a safe language.