C++ creator calls for help to defend programming language from 'serious attacks'

The report discusses Bjarne Stroustrup’s call for the C++ community to visibly advance memory safety amid growing government and industry pressure to adopt memory-safe languages, citing CISA’s 2026 guidance and industry advocacy for Rust. It outlines proposals like C++ Profiles, the TrapC compiler, and CHERI hardware capabilities, with debate over feasibility, timelines, and interoperability, and contrasts incremental C/C++ hardening with large-scale rewrites, reflecting a broader shift toward secure-by-design practices.