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Re:C++ creator rebuts White House warning by owlstuffing on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @04:28PM (#39759909)
> Been coding in Java since ~1997. Unsafe just doesn't come up in 99.999% of Java projects.

Your project may not use it directly, but there’s a pretty good chance one of your libraries does.

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Re:C++ creator rebuts White House warning by ttfkam on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @11:11AM (#39767735)
And when I code in C, there's typically at least one library with inline assembly even though my C doesn't use any inline assembly.

There is indeed a difference here between the vast majority taking part in risky behavior and library authors using focused performance improvements. There are a lot more eyes on the library code due to downstream effects than in everyday top-level code.

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