Is that really your reaction to C++? These days when selecting a critical infrastructure component I'm very inclined to prefer memory-safe by default, like rust or (somewhat less so) golang. Sure, C/C++ projects that have been around and under attack for years (redis, postgres, etc) are fine but they've had those years of battle testing. For a new project I really feel a lot safer if they're built in something more failsafe.

Can you show me where modern C++ is unsafe and why it matters in this specific context?

Read this - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRZr-HJcYmf2Y76D...