From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Aug 14 15:38:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02762 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:38:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02653 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:37:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA27617; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 16:37:16 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199808142237.QAA27617@lariat.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1.0.44 (Beta) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 16:37:10 -0600 To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t Cc: Mike Smith , hamilton@pobox.com In-Reply-To: <199808142221.QAA27493@lariat.lariat.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message