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		hedora on April 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SIMD instructions Some of the most secure software is written in C. The language matters less than you’d think once you get past a certain correctness baseline.

_3lin on April 10, 2020 [–]

I have not doubts that secure software can be written is C, but it's not the norm and it's too easy to introduce vulnerabilities in C for mere mortals.

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