Python vs C for a mail server

[Magnus Lycka]

Randall Parker wrote:
> C++ provides ways to be type unsafe. Does that mean that C++ is type
> unsafe period? Most code in C++ is going to be type safe. Some
> programmers will never do dangerous casting. Others will do bad things
> with casts.

Sure, but on the other hand, you are really on your own when you
avoid the compile time type safety in C++. While you might get an
exception in Python, which you can handle in your code, or at least
get a traceback from, anything can happen in C++, from data
corruption to core dumps.