Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 18:07:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Marc Ramirez <mrami@mramirez.sy.yale.edu> To: James Leppek <jleppek@suw2k.ess.harris.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: runtime warnings Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950924180625.1770C-100000@mramirez.sy.yale.edu> In-Reply-To: <9509232113.AA07376@borg.ess.harris.com>
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On Sat, 23 Sep 1995, James Leppek wrote: > This may have come up before but what is the purpose of > having runtime warnings for things like gets. Compile time warnings > I can understand, but runtime??? I give someone the latest gnuchess > and everytime they start it, up pops this warning about gets being > unsafe. To most folks that means "don't run this program, it's broken". As a local security guy, I would agree with "most folks'" assessment there. :) Marc.
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