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by nuerow 1700 days ago
> You have to pick one. The way you get safety in a language is by abstracting over the simplicity.

It should be noted that there are languages developed as safe dialects of C, such as Cyclone[1], whose design goal was to have it both ways and enhance C's safety while preserving its simplicity.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_(programming_language)