alt Hacker NewsIt is much harder to write quality stuff in c/c++ that doesn't have memory bugs (use after free, out of bounds access, use of unitialized memory, double free, memory races, etc.). I wouldn't say it isn't feasible to build high quality software in those languages, but even the highest quality software written in those languages has these types of bugs. Zig is better than c, and maybe a little bit better than c++, especially with respect to spatial memory bugs, but it doesn't provide the same garantees as rust.
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Based on what? I am not familiar with this language called called "c/c++" but if you are writing Modern C++, you shouldn't be creating problems like "double free." It's really not that hard to avoid at all. This reminds me of how all the people carried on as if they were making the kernel so much safer not realizing they needed to use unsafe rust. I think so many people call themselves programmers now but so few know very much about computing beyond whatever the latest fad web framework is up to.
I use clang, LLM, zig compiler, brave, firefox, kde, linux, steam, PC games, neovim, ghostty and more software written in c/c++/zig, and I can't remember the last time I had a crash issue with memory issues.
KDE also includes many other programs inside it like music player, document reader etc. that I never had any issues with.