C++ does provide the necessary features to write safe code, as long as one stays away from "C with C++ compiler" mentality and adopts those language and library features.
As for the tools, they are largely ignored by the majority of enterprise developers, assuming Herb Sutter's presentation at CppCon 2015 is in any way representative (1% of the audience said they were using them).
Which goes in line with my (now) outdated C++ professional experience up to 2006.
Only one company cared to pay for Insure++ (in 2000) and I was probably the only one that cared to have it installed.
Also except for my time at CERN, I never met many top elite C++ developers.
Most were using it as "C with C++ compiler" and in teams with high attrition, leading to situations where no one was 100% sure what the entire codebase was doing.
C++ does provide the necessary features to write safe code, as long as one stays away from "C with C++ compiler" mentality and adopts those language and library features.
As for the tools, they are largely ignored by the majority of enterprise developers, assuming Herb Sutter's presentation at CppCon 2015 is in any way representative (1% of the audience said they were using them).
Which goes in line with my (now) outdated C++ professional experience up to 2006.
Only one company cared to pay for Insure++ (in 2000) and I was probably the only one that cared to have it installed.
Also except for my time at CERN, I never met many top elite C++ developers.
Most were using it as "C with C++ compiler" and in teams with high attrition, leading to situations where no one was 100% sure what the entire codebase was doing.