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- From: chambles@whale.st.usm.edu (John William Chambless)
- Subject: Re: People's Criticism of C (was Re: Macros)
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:19:03 GMT
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- In article <Bxu067.4L0@research.canon.oz.au> andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman) writes:
- >
- >Many of the posts slam C when users don't know how to use it safely.
- >Is it C's fault that it is being used by inappropriate people in
- >applications where another language may be more produective? I think not.
- >
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- The very characteristics that make C so useful to many programmers are
- the ones that make it so dangerous to the unwary. C will do whatever
- you tell it to; if you tell it to do something stupid, well...
-
- who's to blame?
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- * Billy Chambless University of Southern Mississippi, USA
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- * Programming exclusively in (--(C++))
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