| ??? 01/11/11 14:51 Read: times |
#180522 - misapplied fear Responding to: ???'s previous message |
@mikeash said:To be a good C programmer, one must fear it properly. Not too little, nor too much. Healthy respect, both for its capabilities and faults.
http://twitter.com/mikeash Misapplied fear. What you should 'fear' is your lack of knowledge. If you truly know what you are doing there is no need to fear. The "fear of C" only applies to those that expect the compiler to hold their hand. There has, over time, been several posts "why did the compiler not declare an error on that", referring to a legal construct, from such individuals. both for its capabilities and faults what 'faults' (NOT inconveniences, NOT lack of protection against yourself) does C have? If you want something really "fearful" in this respect, try assembler. Erik |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| To be a good C programmer, one must fear it properly | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| what about a bad C programmer? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Sufficient, but not necessary? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
human vs. machine | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| misapplied fear | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| In the Biblical sense | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| With great power comes great responsibility | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Assembler... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Maybe even more. | 01/01/70 00:00 |