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by sbov 4164 days ago
You could actually argue the opposite.

People who can use C++ need to reason about their programs because otherwise they're going to shoot their foot off. You can be irresponsible in a language like python and get away with it because you're not going to cause the issues you would in C++.

I think that, to some extent, this is true. If you don't know what you're doing I find it's easier to code yourself into a corner in C++ than something like python.

(Disclaimer: I haven't used C++ in a decade)