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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 1998 12:34:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@wasteland.calbbs.com>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 64-bit time_t 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9808141230400.279-100000@thought.calbbs.com>
In-Reply-To: <199808141756.LAA24900@lariat.lariat.org>

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On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Brett Glass wrote:

> At 10:41 AM 8/14/98 +0000, Mike Smith wrote:
>  
> >C is not "unsafe", it is "not-safe", meaning that you're responsible for
> >your own security. In this it is no less "safe" than any other 
> >language as you are a fool if you take the "safety" of any other 
> >language on trust.
> 
> Gee, by this reasoning a car without seat belts, a horn, or bumpers is 
> is really no less "safe" than any other car. After all, you're a fool if
> you trust your car to be safe.

A better analogy of a "safe" language would be a car that doesn't go above
35MPH.  Sure, you're a little bit safer, but you're wasting a lot of time.

Down with inefficient code.

-- 
Brian Buchanan                                      brian@smarter.than.nu

Never believe that you know the whole story.


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