>Heck maybe there's fewer because C devs don't get lulled into thinking the language has their back?
You make the serious mistake of assuming all or the majority of C devs know how powerful the language is, or how to properly use a language like C. All software has bugs, true. It's just that C bugs tend to be a wee bit more dangerous than a lot of other bugs because of the raw power of low level languages like C.
Writing secure code in low level languages is tough, and it requires knowledge of all the pitfalls and nasty corners of the language, which many devs don't have the time, interest or desire to learn.
You make the serious mistake of assuming all or the majority of C devs know how powerful the language is, or how to properly use a language like C. All software has bugs, true. It's just that C bugs tend to be a wee bit more dangerous than a lot of other bugs because of the raw power of low level languages like C.
Writing secure code in low level languages is tough, and it requires knowledge of all the pitfalls and nasty corners of the language, which many devs don't have the time, interest or desire to learn.