The problems described are accurate. From a modern standpoint, C and C++ are terrible. The only problem is that most new languages are more terrible along other

The problems described are accurate. From a modern standpoint, C and C++ are terrible. The only problem is that most new languages are more terrible along other axes, making them unusable for what C and C++ get used for. The author is accurate that Rust may be a substantial improvement. I don't necessarily want to program in Rust, which is why I am designing my own alternative, but I think if you are building safety-critical software than something Rust-like is a pretty good idea. For my own experiments I am going more in the direction of giving the programmer auditing power, rather than just having the programmer have to silently worry about what code may or may not be doing.