Re: C++

In my limited experience with C and C++, the most frustrating part has 
been not the language itself, but the compiler options. I like having a 
strong type system and a "cranky" compiler. I could live with C and C++ 
if I could get the compiler to be cranky. Perhaps I haven't dug into the 
gcc manual page enough. Java (as just an example) compilers complain 
enough about casting issues that I'm forced to fix them, or end up 
fixing them anyway. Another point is that compilers sometimes 
over-optimize to the point of causing security bugs, which I think this 
was the recent example in Linux;
http://lwn.net/Articles/341773/
Are there any gcc security related options or tips?

-Andrew