Fantastic exchange from DConf

[qznc via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 6 May 2017 at 06:26:29 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> Walter Bright: I firmly believe that memory safety is gonna be 
> an absolute requirement moving forward, very soon, for 
> programming language selection.
>
> Scott Meyers: For, for what kinds of applications?
>
> Walter: Anything that goes on the internet.
>
> Scott: Uh, let me just, sort of as background, given the 
> remaining popularity of C, unbelievable popularity of C, which 
> is far from a memory-safe language, do you think that that... 
> I'm having trouble reconciling the ongoing popularity of C with 
> the claim that you're making that this is going to be an 
> absolute requirement for programming languages going forward.
>
> Walter: I believe memory safety will kill C.
>
> Scott: ... Wow.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gfwk-zRwmk#t=8h35m18s
>
> The whole exchange starts with a question at the 8h:33m mark 
> and goes on for about 13 mins, worth listening to.
>
> I agree with Walter that safety will be big going forward, 
> should have been big already.

Hm, Sociomantic removes the live captures the next day?

One request: Chop the panel discussion into one clip per 
question/topic, please. Alternatively, provide some means to 
easily jump to the start of each question.