[m-schuetz]

Now I'm feeling a bit less bad for not using Firefox anymore. Not using it because it's C++ is <insert terms that may not be welcome on HN>

[kouteiheika]

So you think it's silly to not want to introduce new potentially remotely-exploitable CVEs in one of the most important pieces of software (the web browser) on one's computer? Or are you implying those 100k lines of multithreaded C++ code are bug-free and won't introduce any new CVEs?

[mistercow]

Multiple severe attacks on browsers over the years have targeted image decoders. Requiring an implementation in a memory safe language seems very reasonable to me, and makes me feel better about using FF.

[OneDeuxTriSeiGo]

It's not just "C++ bad". It's "we don't want to deal with memory errors in directly user facing code that parses untrusted contents".

That's a perfectly reasonable stance.