[kahnpro]

> All of this stuff is solveable with proper diligence but I prefer my language to enforce it.

Exactly. Everyone trying to defend C always makes this argument, well you just need perfect programmers who write code without mistakes! Why can't everybody just write good C? But some of us live in the real world where those mistakes mean huge vulns.

(Not hating on C in general, just in any security-sensitive context)