Re: Re: Bringing Peace to the Galaxy

From: Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:02:22 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: Bringing Peace to the Galaxy
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On 09/08/2019 08:15, Zeev Suraski wrote:
You seem to believe that C++ is inherently superior to C. And it's entirely within your right. However, there are projects - to this date - that prefer C to C++ for a variety of reasons. PHP is one of them, and others include the Linux kernel, redis, nginx, and actually - the vast majority of the fundamental pieces of OS infrastructure our planet runs on. This isn't just for historical reasons - it has to do with a variety of reasons, and the simplicity of C is one of them.
I just wanted to amend a bit of present day context, as it happens, security management at Microsoft is currently giving serious consideration to moving away from C / C++ and on to memory safe languages because of the benefits they bring. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/18/microsoft_rust_security/

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