This idea of just building a new system over on the side, without any of the problems of the old one, is a fantasy. But it’s a very popular fantasy. - Stroustrup / c++ reference / r/cpp

• A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. - Gall’s law

Stroustrup

• A lot of the so-called ‘safe’ languages outsource all the low-level stuff to C or C++
• Global static analysis is just unaffordable
• Being careful doesn’t scale

see also

• Main is usually a function - So then when is it not?