Comment by harikb
4 years ago
I would argue the reverse - there is higher chance of this accidentally quadratic problems with more abstraction layers, convenience functions, and advanced language syntax. But I agree we shouldn't write parsing in C, but for other reasons :)
I say there's an equal chance, and it's equally easy to fix, but a high level language provides fewer distractions and temptations to work on small optimizations which don't matter. Getting in the weeds with the details is how you lose sight of the big picture. And allocate your time poorly.