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not all applications need safety

it is wrong to force safety onto the programmer especially if there is a cost to be paid to obtain it

That's an easy statement to make but in practice it's no longer acceptable; the Internet has become far too hostile and code that's "never going to be connected to the Internet" constantly does.

not all devices are connected to the internet

and writing software in c++ does not imply the software is unsafe

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