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> But now you know why we are still writing C, and hopefully you’ll stop bloody bothering us about it.

I don't think anyone will stop bothering them about it until C software security improves. Microsoft found that 70% of security bugs in their software were memory safety issues:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-70-percent-of-all-se...

Languages like Rust are making an effort to address these issues. What's the roadmap for reducing the number of security flaws in C software?

parent clouddrover 7 years ago

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