> If you have errors in your program, does it matter that much if those errors are caught during runtime or compile time?
The passengers on the fly-by-wire jet running the program might well say that it matters.
The passengers on the fly-by-wire jet running the program might well say that it matters.
C++ is chosen for speed. Not for safety. The amount of run-time and compile time checks C++ skips is astronomical. The passengers may think it matters, but the programmers of those systems by NOT using a program that does compile time or run time checks are saying it doesn't matter.