C++ Alliance takes aim at C++ memory safety
C++ and the C language have been the target of criticism by the White House, which in February urged developers to stop using these languages over memory safety concerns. C++ founder Bjarne Stroustrup responded by defending the language. The Safe C++ Extensions proposal aims to turn the tide for C++. A key component of the plan is the Safe Standard Library, which would provide developers with memory-safe implementations of essential data structures and algorithms, according to Falco. The goal of the proposal is to advance a superset of C++ with a “rigorously safe subset,” the proposal states.