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I think you missed the point entirely.
You can focus all you want in artificial Ivory tower scenarios, such as a hypothetical ability to rewrite everything from scratch with the latest and greatest tech stacks. Back in the real world, that is a practical impossibility in virtually all scenarios, and a renowned project killer.
In addition, the point stressed in the article is that you can add memory safety features even to C programs.
Anyone who devotes any resource learning software engineering.
Here's a somewhat popular essay in the subject:
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/