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mathiasgredal | 2 years ago

Just because a compiler cannot prove whether or not a given set of C/C++ is safe, doesn’t mean that an expert in the language can’t write safe C++ and prove that it is actually safe.

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JonChesterfield|2 years ago

Counterexample: All C++ in production. See also, existence of rust, swift, zig - literally all the "fast but not as crazy unsafe as C++" design space.

I wouldn't generally mention that (it's in the "sky is blue" class of interest). That a swift compiler role had this in the prereq struck me as hilarious.