Downsides of C language culture?

Posted Aug 28, 2024 12:42 UTC (Wed) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: Downsides of C language culture? by taladar
Parent article: A review of file descriptor memory safety in the kernel

> On the other hand the determination that X is not an acceptable solution is usually based on 50+ years of evidence of C programs having giant security holes or recurring types of bugs because C programmers insist on solving Y by doing X.

Since you're making sweeping generalizations, here's one more.

Folks advocating for Y are quick to hype theoretical _benefits_, but completely (and conveniently) ignore its _cost_, be it up front (ie initial implementation), ongoing (maintenance), and at runtime (eg performance, UX, etc)