&gt;Just gonna throw this out there: what if instead of working on creating the myriad of &quot;better languages&quot; we focus on actual mastery of simpler languages like C.<p>Relying on people being careful does not work for security, where one exploit is as good as many. OTOH, simpler languages can work well for performance, features and almost everywhere else; where even if you don&#x27;t have specific language features to guard against common mistakes, the impact of an oversight is fairly localized or correctable.