Should you start new projects in C++, these days? Is language safety an issue for you? What can be done, today?

Making C++ Safer

by Greg Law

From the article:

I believe that over time C++ will become a lot safer, maybe even some kind of ‘safe’. Competition is good: Clang was the best thing to happen to GCC, and Rust might turn out to be the best thing to happen to C++. That journey has already begun, with proposals for the evolution of the language including Contracts and Profiles, and simply changing some of the defaults in C++26. While the language custodians work to make the language itself safer, what can you do today?