Building a Website with C++

Re:Building a Website with C++ by allover on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:23AM (#16193882)

Am I right in thinking the main reason not to do this is memory safety (as demonstrated by Cloudbleed)?

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Re:Building a Website with C++ by nkozyra on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:30AM (#16193932)

That's part of what I'd argue is the main argument against: not reinventing the wheel. The only argument for is experimenting. These are all toy examples. I'd argue that through CGI it won't even be more performant than opcode cached interpreted languages.

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Re:Building a Website with C++ by zebra_cross21 on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:25AM (#16193892)

yes you are! Just imagine websites leaking other people's credentials to hackers because someone was using an undefined language haha!!

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