&gt; Writing secure software in C is just next to impossible.<p>This is true.  And it was true when I learned C, and was told almost the same exact thing on the second day of class.  In 1992.<p>Maybe eventually we&#x27;ll collectively move to something safer, but at this point I&#x27;ve stopped holding my breath.  DJB&#x27;s proposal seems pretty reasonable in the interim.