Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:56:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980817075447.5095P-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net> 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. > > 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. I don't care how many times you make this analogy, it still doesn't work. You're not the consumer, you're the designer/implementer. It's your job to put the seatbelts, bumpers, airbags, etc. in your code. You have the raw materials and the assembly plant. Jamie Bowden -- Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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