Yeah, but it’s got some caveats and is unsafe in some cases.

https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/reinterpret_cast

reinterpret_cast<> for punning purposes can lead to UB. The recommended C++ alternative to avoid UB is bit_cast<>

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53401654/why-was-stdbit-...

Despite the fact they're two different languages, people are often taught as though it's basically just a subset relationship and then they carry this through into the actual software they write.

Because neither of these are memory safe languages, you are required to ensure you've made no mistakes or else anything might happen.

It continues with

> and most blog posts on the topic get it wrong.

This smells like Claudism/LLMish.