The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon.

Shifting toward memory-safe programming languages could alleviate cybersecurity risks for individuals and small businesses, the Biden administration claims.

Biden administration calls for developers to embrace memory-safe programing languages and move away from those that cause buffer overflows and other memory access vulnerabilities.

However, C/C++ applications and protocol stack code can be isolated within containers like other application code written in languages such as Java and Javascript.