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Show me a software stack without those kinds of bugs; they're all written in C somewhere down the line; enormous amounts of complicated C, written by coders of
by codr4life 10y ago
Show me a software stack without those kinds of bugs; they're all written in C somewhere down the line; enormous amounts of complicated C, written by coders of varying competence. At least in my stack I can keep it simple and fix anything that needs fixing.
- nothrabannosir 10y agoHe/she meant: two programmers of equal skill and security conscientiousness will create less exploitable security vulnerabilities per "unit of functionality", using C and <memory safe language> respectively, ceteris paribus. "Easier languages attract less skilled devs", "higher level languages allow you to create more complex programs", yada yada. Could all be true, but it's besides the point.
- _pmf_ 10y ago> "Easier languages attract less skilled devs", "higher level languages allow you to create more complex programs", yada yada. Could all be true, but it's besides the point. For the armchair discourse it's beside the point, but for real-world development, it's what matters the most.
- lmm 10y agoNot everything has to come down to C. OCaml is self-hosting I believe. And even if it did, rates matter.