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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 1998 16:37:10 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hamilton@pobox.com
Subject:   Re: 64-bit time_t 
Message-ID:  <199808142237.QAA27617@lariat.lariat.org>
In-Reply-To: <199808142221.QAA27493@lariat.lariat.org>
References:  <Your message of "Fri, 14 Aug 1998 10:40:00 MDT."             <199808141645.KAA24210@lariat.lariat.org>

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At 05:24 PM 8/14/98 -0500, Jon Hamilton wrote:

>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.  

I take it, then, that you believe it's fine for life support systems. 

>Do you wear a chin pad to protect yourself from that knee jerking wildly all 
>the time?

Do you wear a helmet to protect yourself from constant software crashes?

--Brett



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