[fsckboy]

> learning C teaches bad habits - manual memory management tends to account for some absurd percentage (70-80%) of CVEs in modern programs

this is a garbled thought. The average person may have trouble with manual memory management, and C requires some manual memory management (the stack is automatic), but that's not C teaching bad habits.

You can learn to do manual memory management in C, because C teaches manual memory management.

that doesn't make manual memory management a good idea for the average programmer, but that's not C's fault.

experience with C teaches good manual memory management in the same way that working with sharp knives teaches good knife management. Do professional people get cut with sharp knives? yes. Are sharp knives a good idea? yes. All the time for everybody!? nope