• ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Yeah the constant stream of critical CVEs affecting C/C++ libraries that get patched on my computer is legitimately frightening. So much low quality (and dangerous) code out there. Maybe if you have a personal project that doesn’t connect to another device… you could be justified in writing C code. Or tiny embedded systems?

    Modern C++ is actually pretty good. The language gets knocked firstly because it’s complex, and secondly a lot of people remember the old pre-C++11 days. It’s like a different language now.

    But it’s a looong way from being my favorite language. That goes something like Python… by a lot; Rust; JavaScript; C# and then everything else.