Typical security issues in C++: why the GC isn't your enemy

[Alexandru Ermicioi]

On Monday, 5 December 2022 at 20:28:42 UTC, Sergey wrote:
> On Monday, 5 December 2022 at 19:57:39 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>> but it's keeping track of the *lifetime* of allocated memory.  
>> One could say that this is proof that lifetime is a complex 
>> problem. But again it's a strong argument that the GC brings a 
>> major benefit: it relieves
>
> Thank you for interesting statistics and analysis. 
> Unfortunately it seems that the IT community (biggest companies 
> with largest code bases) stick with borrow-checker lifetime 
> approach to solve those issues and not on GC.

I think you haven't explored quite entire domain IT is. Just 
check java, C#, or any other GC language, I'm pretty sure you'd 
find employment positions for them, and quite a lot.

Best regards,
Alexandru.