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C != OpenSSL. Some [1] would argue OpenSSL is not representative at all what C can do. Maybe you should check out Redis for beauty [2] and joy [3].

On the same note C != C++ either and you can write large systems in C++ without ever using memory allocation. You can use only bounds checked functions.

And you can have large security holes if you're not careful, no matter which language you pick.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2275413