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tptacek on June 3, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Folly - The Faceboook open source library

Hey, why don't you use C++? :)

cperciva on June 3, 2012 [–]

I think Tavis put it best: C is easier to audit because it's transparent. With C++ you can have innocuous-looking source code and have the compiler doing all sorts of crazy things behind your back.

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