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by monster_truck 170 days ago
You don't have to do any of that if you simply don't make mistakes in the first place FYI
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This is why I exclusively write C89 when handling untrusted user input. I simply never make mistakes and so I don't need to worry about off-by-ones or overflows or memory safety or use after frees.

Garbage collection and managed types are for idiots who don't know what the hell they're doing; I'm leet af. You don't need to worry about accidentally writing heartbleed if you simply don't make mistakes in the first place.

Attitudes like this one are why people prefer working with AI to code lol.
It's obviously tongue in cheek