My claim is not that C is just as safe as Scala, my claim is that the comparison is only valid if you do not think too hard about it. If you implicitly assume some web app, not too experienced programmers and a typical budget, then Scala is less likely to contain remote code execution bugs. But if you worry about timing attacks, then it looks a lot better for C.
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My claim is not that C is just as safe as Scala, my claim is that the comparison is only valid if you do not think too hard about it. If you implicitly assume some web app, not too experienced programmers and a typical budget, then Scala is less likely to contain remote code execution bugs. But if you worry about timing attacks, then it looks a lot better for C.