[jonex]

It's not at all hard to build a sane codebase in C++ if you are a group of experienced C++ devs with an eye for detail. Not saying mistakes never happen, but most of the time the tools available are sufficient to build correct code if you know how to use them right.

However, the problems abound when you have less experienced devs in a less structured environment and working with legacy C or C-style code, the latter often being the reason for why C++ was used in the first place. For this, something like cpp2 can be revolutionising as it makes it easier to write correct code and provides mechanisms to disable many of the unsafe patterns.