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we focus on actual mastery of simpler languages like C We've had 44 years for people to master the "simplicity" of C. Turns out, writing C is simple but writin
by ubernostrum 11y ago
we focus on actual mastery of simpler languages like C
We've had 44 years for people to master the "simplicity" of C. Turns out, writing C is simple but writing safe, reliable C borders on the impossible even for the most masterful masters who ever mastered their mastery of the language. Better return on investment would be to work on killing C with something that doesn't have C's problems.
- wangchow 11y ago"but writing safe, reliable C borders on the impossible" I wouldn't go that far.. Just get a set of best practices and follow them. Write unit tests for every function. One of the best things about C is its extremely unit-testable. I followed up with the vulnerability-detection software to address any difficulties in security bugs. That would provide the benefits of C with a line of defense to correct vulnerabilities. "what about writing some machine-learning software that detects vulnerabilities as part of the build/release cycle"