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- From: andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman)
- Subject: Re: People's Criticism of C (was Re: Macros)
- Message-ID: <By02nr.5E8@research.canon.oz.au>
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- Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
- References: <1992Nov12.024016.24895@u.washington.edu> <Bxu067.4L0@research.canon.oz.au> <1992Nov18.001903.24137@ra.msstate.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:45:26 GMT
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- chambles@whale.st.usm.edu (John William Chambless) writes:
- >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?
-
- Well in other environments where you have tools that can possibly be
- used incorrectly and cause damage you have regulatory bodies. Think
- about the USA's FAA, FCC, FDA, etc... Should there be a Federal
- Computer Language Authority that dictates what langauges can be used
- and in what situations? (Shades of the UK's DoD standards.)
-
- --
- Andy Newman (andy@research.canon.oz.au)
-