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   dxf  writes:   
   > For example it's my experience one can input an out-of-range integer   
   > into C and Forth compilers and neither will notice....  Programmers   
   > too and I'm no exception.   
      
   These days I'd call C and Forth both niche languages, the niche being   
   low level systems code and small embedded programs.  #1 on TIOBE is   
   Python, which uses arbitrary precision as the native integer type.  That   
   slows arithmetic down but it mostly eliminates the overflow problem.   
      
   IMHO that is what all high level languages should do by default.  Of   
   course native machine types and low level languages (C, Forth, Rust,   
   Ada, etc.) should stay available for cases where you want to or have to   
   program closer to the hardware.   
      
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