Re: The way in which this turd is being pushed “top down” makes me want to puke
> In November 2021, there is no excuse for having these bugs in your code.
What if it's not "your" code, but a spaghetti mess spilled in your lap.
Not talking specifically about kernel code here, but general coding.
In that case I think the language can make a positive difference by constraining the number of possibilities that have to carried in mind simultaneously while doing analysis and debugging.