[pjmlp]

True, but outside the kernel Windows has enough infrastructure running in .NET code.

Additionally even if C++ is unsafe, it is still better than plain old C, which since Vista has been the migration path from kernel code. Nowadays there are even template libraries that can be used on kernel and drivers like WIL.

Finally the Microsoft Security Guidelines are:

1 - use managed languages if one can afford it

2 - use Rust

3 - use C++, alongside SAL and Core Guidelines checkers