Add a static analyzer pass to each C/C++ compiler which is switched on by default. Add clang-address-sanitizer-style code when compiling in debug mode, and also offer runtime checks as option for release-compiled code. Both combined would have caught 99% of memory safety issues that pop up now and then.
If necessary extend the language with optional ownership keywords a'la Rust, and allow me to switch off features I don't require to reduce complexity.
Most important of all: provide options that I don't need to pay at runtime for memory safety with precious CPU cycles.
It's not the language, it's the tools.
Add a static analyzer pass to each C/C++ compiler which is switched on by default. Add clang-address-sanitizer-style code when compiling in debug mode, and also offer runtime checks as option for release-compiled code. Both combined would have caught 99% of memory safety issues that pop up now and then.
If necessary extend the language with optional ownership keywords a'la Rust, and allow me to switch off features I don't require to reduce complexity.
Most important of all: provide options that I don't need to pay at runtime for memory safety with precious CPU cycles.