Comment by pjmlp
What we need is safety improvements in C, we already have enough security exploits in the standard library, strings and arrays, no need for more, without fixing what is broken since 1979 (lint birth year).
What we need is safety improvements in C, we already have enough security exploits in the standard library, strings and arrays, no need for more, without fixing what is broken since 1979 (lint birth year).
I have been contributing with C++ code since 1993, with bounded checked collection types in release code, and compiled managed languages since mid 2000's.
Even Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson themselves, went on with Alef, Limbo and Go.
I have been contributing by reducing my C, and C++ footprint on the planet, and security enforcement at various assignments.
They do, by decreasing the dependency on C, and the lack of interest WG14 shows in improving C.
It is like gardening, slowly taking away all the paths bad weeds are still able to spoil the garden.
We might not remove all of them, however if they are only able to thrive on a little gardner corner surrouned by sand is already an improvement.
I am looking forward to your contributions.