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C++, LLVM, and Cybersecurity

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…
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Is C++ Too Complex?

The ongoing discussion about the future of C++ is characterized by two closely connected themes: complexity and safety. Both concepts are frequently oversimplified in public discourse, often reduced solely to memory management. Yet safety encompasses far more: functional…