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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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