C++, LLVM, and Cybersecurity
February 13, 2026
How are these three words related? C++ is a language, LLVM is a compiler infrastructure. Cybersecurity is a whole different beast. Sometimes experienced engineers say that C++ is incompatible with the term “cybersecurity” and should be replaced with safer languages. We argue that this is not correct, and that C++ has an awesome future going forward. To explain why, let’s start with two small…



