Heartbleed and static analysis

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On Sunday, 13 April 2014 at 08:55:47 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> 20 years ago I would have answered both are bad and Object 
> Pascal/Delphi is the way.
>
> Sadly Borland did lots of major screw ups and let the language 
> momentum fade away.

Ironically, I have been using Pascal/Delphi at my first 
programming job. Switching later to C was a big relief - yes, it 
was less safe and sometimes awkward. But it did feel like a 
language designed by engineers, not academicians and that alone 
has boosted productivity a lot.