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From: Murray.Root@mindspring.com (Danette & Murray Root)
Subject: Re: Any research putting c above ada?
Date: 1997/04/12
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On Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:38:29 -0600, "James S. Rogers"
<JimMaureenRogers@worldnet.att.net> wrote in comp.lang.c:

=> Kevin D. Quitt wrote:
=> > 
=> > I've written bullet-proof code for spacecraft and medical systems, code
=> > that must not under any circumstances fail in any but known and controlled
=> > ways.  I've done it FORTRAN, C, C++, and assembler (not necessarily
=> > combined).  It's not the language or the compiler that makes it safe, it's
=> > the programmer.

=> Yes, this is the common rebuttal from C and C++ people.  This approach makes
=> software development a lot like juggling knives.  It is completely safe as long
=> as you are very good and your attention does not wander.

Re-read. This is not a 'C and C++' rebuttal, this is a software engineer's
rebuttal. Safe programs can be written in almost any language, as long as the
system is DESIGNED and CODED to be safe, without depending on the
compiler/assembler/whatever to catch the errors. It is the difference between
'software engineering' and 'programming'.


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    People are stupid.
Wizard's Second Rule:
    Never depend on the first rule.

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