Hacking C code vs D code

[pascal111]

On Friday, 5 August 2022 at 01:46:35 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Thursday, 4 August 2022 at 23:11:36 UTC, pascal111 wrote:
>> One of problems faced me in C programming is hacking data with 
>> C code that some hackers do with C code which make me needs 
>> more tools to protect my C code, but I don't have good 
>> resources in my current time, while I noticed that D code is 
>> more secure than C code by mean it will be more useful to do 
>> my codes in my current time.
>>
>> My question is, to which extent D code is secure and helping 
>> in protect data?
>
> Probably the biggest safety features of D are bounds checking 
> for arrays, garbage collection, and default initialization of 
> variables.
>
> If you use `@safe`, you can get even better protection, at the 
> cost of some minor restrictions. But even without that, D is a 
> lot safer than C.

I noticed the word "@safe" but didn't read about its definition 
yet to know what it does, but I heard about "garbage collection", 
and yes it is good modern technique.