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10/06/11 14:26
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#184109 - Still a hammer
Responding to: ???'s previous message
When building a house, it's not the tools, but the humans, that need to decide if the work is performed at a height where you need to put up some railing to stop people from falling. There is a limited amount of safety features that can be added to a tool. The big part of the safety work must happen between the ears of the user.

An electric saw normally requires two buttons to be pressed, to reduce the possibility of inadvertent activation. And it is designed so that you are unlikely to lose your grip and get your hand into the blade. But you can still attack your own leg if you are stupid. And you can perform work in materials where you can get debris in your eyes if you ignore goggles.

C has the tools to allow development of safety nets. But it also allows people to build 20-story houses without railings.

Tools that tries to protect a user from all forms of danger are also limited in that they only allows a user to solve problems that fits within the narrow openings left.

List of 39 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Ganssle hates C            01/01/70 00:00      
   Wow!!            01/01/70 00:00      
      Should be an active developer to evolve            01/01/70 00:00      
   Better than C?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Just a tool            01/01/70 00:00      
         How about an electric saw?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Electric plane Vs hand plane            01/01/70 00:00      
   In the real world            01/01/70 00:00      
      Why not?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Because            01/01/70 00:00      
            don't blame me, but            01/01/70 00:00      
            All what you said, Jez, is about getting employed...            01/01/70 00:00      
               What nonsense!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Nah, but...            01/01/70 00:00      
               It is about getting work done            01/01/70 00:00      
                  A rather sharp tool            01/01/70 00:00      
                     That's what I've found!            01/01/70 00:00      
                        that's not 'C' only            01/01/70 00:00      
                           But 'C' is famous for that            01/01/70 00:00      
   OK he hates C            01/01/70 00:00      
      he thinks...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Jez - Did you actually read the article by Jack?            01/01/70 00:00      
   What Gansell needs to realise            01/01/70 00:00      
      Yes, but            01/01/70 00:00      
         Still a hammer            01/01/70 00:00      
            the tools and the crap            01/01/70 00:00      
               A bad workman blames his (or her) tools            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Learning to do stuff "properly"            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Sometimes it's not the tools, but the choice of tools.            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Or, to put it another way, Inappropriate tools            01/01/70 00:00      
                        or using HLL where ASM is a better choice            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Or choosing the wrong HLL            01/01/70 00:00      
                              That shouldn't surprise anyone            01/01/70 00:00      
                              quoting Ganssle...            01/01/70 00:00      
                           compolete sentence            01/01/70 00:00      
                              It's more than 5% where I sit            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 WOW, that seems a new attitude of yours            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    that doesn't mean that I'll use 'em ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   A Media Man            01/01/70 00:00      

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