Interesting memory safety topic

[JN]

On Tuesday, 12 February 2019 at 21:31:35 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> The second biggest cause of memory safety problems IMO is not 
> using a GC. I.e., manual memory management.
>
> Unfortunately, many folks with C/C++ background seem to be 
> allergic to the GC, and will undoubtedly hate me for saying 
> that not using a GC is one of the leading causes of their 
> memory safety problems. But the historical facts speak for 
> themselves.
>
>
> T

Seems like the tide has turned. While folks with C/C++ are still 
allergic to a GC, they are very open to Rust-like static analysis 
solutions which seem to be working.