From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 14 10:56:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA07679 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 10:56:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@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 KAA07661 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 10:56:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id LAA24900; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:56:00 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199808141756.LAA24900@lariat.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1.0.44 (Beta) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:53:33 -0600 To: Mike Smith From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t Cc: Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199808141041.KAA13457@word.smith.net.au> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. I guess I'll remove that pesky blade guard from my circular saw, too. After all, doing that doesn't make the saw any less safe. NOT. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message