Do developers need to use memory-safe programming languages now? 🔐

On Monday, the U.S. White House released a reporting asking developers (like you!) to use memory-safe programming languages to help prevent cyber attacks.

#MemorySafety

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[MyCodingDiary]

I learned so much from this video. Thank you!

[MyCodingDiary]

Wow, this is exactly what I needed. You're a lifesaver!

[yulfine]

Considering the majority of software run primarily by c or c++, this isn't feasible for many applications and I know part of this has to do with rust and Microsoft especially.
Also c++ and even c can be as memory safe as python but it's far more difficult, python among others either close doors but leave others open or have minimal improvements in actual security and still often rely on a base of c or c++ or both, even rust has to and Microsoft has barley been able to get anywhere with rust and is attempting to bridge the gap for that to happen. C especially cannot be replaced unless someone is able to create a new language that is able to handle the microcontrollers and DSPs C is able to.
Also anyone actually trust the NSA who are known to purposely keep vulnerabilities quiet or partial to allow themselves to exploit it privately.

I don't think a short was a good idea to bother mentioning such a topic as it warrants a much greater in depth discussion about programming as a whole and the complexity of such languages that create the software we use.

[HolisticTake]

What about Javascript and HTML? I know a lot of websites are built with these

[JMetz]

Let's go ahead and make a blanket recommendation not to use programming language and talk about SCRIPTING languages as alternatives as if they're the same thing. SMH.