Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 17:24:33 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t Message-ID: <199808142221.PAA27977@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 14 Aug 1998 10:40:00 MDT." <199808141645.KAA24210@lariat.lariat.org>
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[ redirected to -chat ] In message <199808141645.KAA24210@lariat.lariat.org>, Brett Glass wrote: } At 09:24 AM 8/14/98 +0000, Mike Smith wrote: } } >No, so much stuff is written in C because it's a good tool for the job. } } Don't want to get into language wars here, but in case the current rash } of security problems doesn't make it painfully obvious, C isn't a good } tool for ANYTHING. Oh, look, it's Brett spewing hyperbole. You can make the argument that C isn't a good tool for security critical code (though even that position is somewhat weak), but even if we accept that proposition, that doesn't make it a poor tool for non security critical code. Do you wear a chin pad to protect yourself from that knee jerking wildly all the time? -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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