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Re:A case against security nihilism by deckard1 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @07:52PM (#27900692)
> If ten years from now people are writing unsafe C and C++ like it's still somehow OK, that would be crazy.

It's 26 years after Java was released. Java has largely been the main competitor to C++. I don't see C++ going away nor do I see C going away. And it's almost always a mistake to lump C and C++ developers together. There is rarely an intersection between the two.

I think you do not understand how short 10 years is. There are tons of people still running computers on Sandy Bridge.

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Re:A case against security nihilism by tialaramex on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:18PM (#27901215)
> I think you do not understand how short 10 years is. There are tons of people still running computers on Sandy Bridge.

Ten years is about the time since C++ 11. I may be wrong, but I do not regret my estimate.

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