From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 14 15:22:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA28111 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:22:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pobox.com (gyndine-74.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.83.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA27977 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:21:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamilton@pobox.com) Message-Id: <199808142221.PAA27977@hub.freebsd.org> Received: (qmail 11071 invoked from network); 14 Aug 1998 17:24:33 -0500 Received: from localhost (HELO pobox.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 14 Aug 1998 17:24:33 -0500 To: Brett Glass cc: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 14 Aug 1998 10:40:00 MDT." <199808141645.KAA24210@lariat.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 17:24:33 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [ 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