[Not really OT] Crowdstrike Analysis: It was a NULL pointer from the memory unsafe C++ language.

[aberba]

On Saturday, 20 July 2024 at 05:58:19 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew 
Cattermole wrote:
>
> On 20/07/2024 11:33 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 10:49:23PM +0000, mw via Digitalmars-d 
>> wrote:
>>> [...]
>> [...]
>> 
>> It's 2024, and a NULL pointer brought down half the world's 
>> servers.
>> 
>> Just gives you *so* much confidence in technology. :-D
>> 
>> //
>> 
>> In other news, this is yet another nail in the coffin of 
>> memory-unsafe
>> languages. We're slowly, but surely inching towards the day 
>> when the
>> likes of C and C++ will finally be relegated to the dustbin of
>> history...
>> 
>> 
>> T
>
> It is not if, but when will D be banned from being used in 
> critical or long standing applications.

Can't critical applications be written with @safe turned on? How 
does D fall short in that regard?