From: "Chad R. Meiners" <crmeiners@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Faulty languages and Liability
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:49:18 -0400
Date: 2002-06-18T09:49:18-04:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aendq2$2onk$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3D0EBC9F.9040104@mail.com
It is okay to remove a check if you prove that the condition being checked
for can never happen. Anyway I don't think it would be criminal to use a
language without bounds checking; it would only be negligent. In some cases
this negligence would be criminal.
"Hyman Rosen" <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote in message
news:3D0EBC9F.9040104@mail.com...
> If it's "criminal" to use a language without bounds checking, why would it
> be OK to remove those checks? It's like removing the safety guard from the
> chainsaw as soon as the factory finishes testing it, so that the customer
> doesn't get to use it.
>
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Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-16 2:10 Faulty languages and Liability David Botton
2002-06-16 3:18 ` Lyle McKennot
2002-06-16 4:58 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-06-16 4:58 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-06-16 11:52 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-16 13:07 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-17 14:56 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-18 5:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-18 13:35 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-06-18 14:59 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-18 19:25 ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-19 17:18 ` Robert I. Eachus
2002-06-19 19:31 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-19 17:57 ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-16 14:33 ` David Botton
2002-06-16 18:28 ` Mike Silva
2002-06-17 0:48 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-17 4:09 ` David Botton
2002-06-17 12:59 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-17 7:04 ` Mike Silva
2002-06-17 8:29 ` AG
2002-06-17 13:21 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-17 14:37 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-17 3:16 ` Robert C. Leif
2002-06-17 13:36 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-17 14:51 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-17 14:26 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-17 15:55 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-17 16:29 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-18 5:18 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-18 13:10 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-18 21:27 ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-18 20:02 ` John Kern
2002-06-18 22:17 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-19 15:47 ` John Kern
2002-06-19 18:06 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-17 16:25 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-18 19:29 ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-19 12:58 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-17 19:00 ` Mike Silva
2002-06-17 20:27 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-17 21:07 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-18 1:09 ` Chad R. Meiners
2002-06-18 4:52 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-18 13:49 ` Chad R. Meiners [this message]
2002-06-18 14:15 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-19 12:35 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-19 14:20 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-20 13:50 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-20 16:53 ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-20 18:56 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-20 15:21 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-21 17:21 ` Matthew Woodcraft
2002-06-21 22:00 ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-23 4:50 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-23 9:13 ` Matthew Woodcraft
2002-06-23 10:29 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-23 13:21 ` Matthew Woodcraft
2002-06-23 18:24 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-23 19:27 ` Pat Rogers
2002-06-24 2:50 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-24 14:05 ` Pat Rogers
2002-06-18 6:14 ` Mike Silva
2002-06-18 8:53 ` newsfraser
2002-06-18 19:33 ` Wes Groleau
2002-06-18 12:49 ` Steve O'Neill
2002-06-18 13:49 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-17 19:00 ` Mike Silva
2002-06-17 20:38 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-18 3:45 ` Mike Silva
2002-06-18 15:11 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-06-18 15:54 ` chris.danx
2002-06-18 18:01 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-18 17:12 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-06-17 7:34 ` AG
2002-06-18 21:17 ` Robert A Duff
2002-06-16 22:26 ` Ted Dennison
2002-06-17 14:38 ` Marin David Condic
2002-06-18 8:57 ` chris.danx
2002-06-19 0:34 ` tmoran
2002-06-19 20:28 ` Mike Silva
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