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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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Don't be so sure... I work for "megacorp" and about a year ago word came from on-high: "thou shalt not C (or C++, not that they know the difference) anymore. We are in mortal fear of embarassment that we allowed a mistake to be made that our all seeing oversight should have prevented by mandating the use of safe tools."
That's still rather recently, and there's rather a large stock of 'before people' hanging around. But I agree inasmuch as it'll change as time goes by and one day you'll be right.