DevFeb 27, 2024
Show threadDan PortsFeb 27, 2024

@dev One of these things is a dangerous tool that makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. The other is a handgun.

One of these things might be regulated by the government?

Show threadDevFeb 27, 2024
@dan dan, have you talked to your cats about memory safety
Show threadDan Ports
@dev no but they definitely understand undefined behavior
Feb 27, 2024 at 5:19amWeb
Show threadJonathan YuFeb 27, 2024
@dan @dev static_cats<foo>
Show threadSaleh ElmohamedFeb 27, 2024
@dan @dev In his really nice work of C traps and pitfalls, Andrew Koenig summarized it: "The C language is like a carving knife: simple, sharp, and extremely useful in skilled hands. Like any sharp tool, C can injure people who don’t know how to handle it."
Show threadDan CrossFeb 27, 2024
@Saleh @dan @dev 50 years of experience shows us that C can also injure people who _do_ (or who should) know how to handle it. But so can a carving knife, I guess.