Re: Is there a reason we need YAPL?
Er yes. If Bad Thing can happen in one language and not in another then yes it can be said to have been caused by that language.
C's main strength is that it lets the programmer do what they like and trusts they know what they're doing. But even the best programmers make mistakes and those mistakes translate into bugs, time, money, even injury / death. Did you know that the automotive industry defined a subset of C called MISRA C (and spawned a veritable cottage industry of compliance checking tools) to lessen the chance of something calamitous happening? Why not go one step further and use a language that is designed to be safe by design?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
