Patronizing Language Design?

[Walter Bright]

Rainer Deyke wrote:
> Not all safety features are patronizing.  Safety features allow the
> compiler to partially check the correctness of the program.  Patronizing
> safety features prevent the programmer from doing their job.
> 
> Having no way to specify const data is dangerous.  Having no way to cast
>  away 'const' is patronizing.

I think that's a sensible way to put it.