[csvan]

"The first rule of C is don't write C if you can avoid it."

This ought to carved into the walls of R&D departments everywhere.

[jballanc]

"The only bug free code is the code you don't write."

[jandrese]

If you think the third party library is bug free I have news for you. The only difference is that you get to debug someone else's code instead, and you might not have the source.

[chrisseaton]

Why do you think R&D departments use C more than anyone else?

[qntty]

I think the implication is that R&D departments have the control to avoid it