# Discussion on "Why I no longer recommend Julia" by Yuri Vishnevsky

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**Created:** [May 16, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/discussion-on-why-i-no-longer-recommend-julia-by-yuri-vishnevsky/81151 "2022-05-16T14:33:38Z")\
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> [@Elrod](#):
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> I think the gap between C++'s portrayal and reality is rather large.

> [@Julia on embedded devices & validation thereof](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-on-embedded-devices-validation-thereof/81518/1):
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> For C and C++, there are standards that the compilers follow, there are tools that can be used to check for problems,

And yet, as an example, 70% of vulnerabilities from Microsoft are from memory unsafeness ([/blog/2019/07/we-need-a-safer-systems-programming-language/](https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/18/we-need-a-safer-systems-programming-language/)). No one will ever be able to explain away that in _reality_ memory unsafeness from memory unsafe programming languages are the largest contributors to security problems in modern software.

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