Actually people seem to need frequent reminding that we don't live in the best of all possible worlds, and that some of the difficulties in working with the best-available current tools aren't inescapable but rather shortcomings that can and should get fixed sometime. It's great if everyone now knows how suboptimal C-everywhere-forever is on security grounds, at least—but tbh 'security-conscious developer' sounds a little like 'true Scotsman' here. A hae me doots.
Actually people seem to need frequent reminding that we don't live in the best of all possible worlds, and that some of the difficulties in working with the best-available current tools aren't inescapable but rather shortcomings that can and should get fixed sometime. It's great if everyone now knows how suboptimal C-everywhere-forever is on security grounds, at least—but tbh 'security-conscious developer' sounds a little like 'true Scotsman' here. A hae me doots.