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A comment on RFC: C++ Buffer Hardening. Parent comment

Re:RFC: C++ Buffer Hardening by staticassertion on Thursday October 06, 2022 @05:02AM (#33106131)
> C++ does not add runtime overhead to validate that programs are well-formed.

You have succinctly described the problem.

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Re:RFC: C++ Buffer Hardening by mgaunard on Saturday October 08, 2022 @04:50AM (#33130830)
That's not a problem, that's a core policy of that language's design.

If you want a language that is slow, there are plenty of options.

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