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In Defense of C++

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185 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 16 Sep 25 19:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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MontagFTB ◴[16 Sep 25 21:49 UTC] No.45268593[source]▶
When NIST released its summary judgement against C++ and other languages it deemed memory unsafe, the problem became less technical and more about politics and perception. If you're looking to work within two arms' length of the US Government, you have to consider the "written in C++" label seriously, regardless of how correct the code may be.
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1. jandrewrogers ◴[16 Sep 25 22:30 UTC] No.45269088[source]▶
Nothing is going to happen for the foreseeable future, at least in the parts of government I tend to work with. It doesn't even come up in discussions of critical high-reliability system. They are still quite happy to buy and use C++, so I expect that is what they will be getting.