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pjmlptoday at 9:47 AM0 repliesview on HN

This kind of argument is why security folks look down on C and C++ developers.

Because instead of discussing serious matters, they missed English grammar class on the use of / and then get up in arms about the use of "and, or".

Additionally, even code bases from companies that seat at WG21, lack the use of the so called Modern C++, without any language feature or header files inherited from C.

Better C with some niceties keeps being the prevalent approach, unfortunately.

C strings, C arrays, pointer math, printf family, C style casts, macros instead of templates, no STL, and if not hardned ...