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No, I just think that in some cases it's worth it. Some people should really be using bounds checks and option types more often, and I often use bounded functi
by microcolonel 9y ago
No, I just think that in some cases it's worth it.
Some people should really be using bounds checks and option types more often, and I often use bounded functions for handling strings in fixed-size buffers. Some people write bugs into their programs for a lack of understanding or care given to these aspects of the language; but many people also make wonderful and unique things out of them.
I just don't think that the baby should be thrown out because somebody overfilled the bathwater. There is a time and a place for zero tests, null pointers, and pointer/index arithmetic.
- raverbashing 9y ago> There is a time and a place for zero tests, null pointers, and pointer/index arithmetic. Yes. In MMUless microprocessors with kbytes of memory or less