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Tools exist that find this error in C code, more to blame the company that didn't use those tools and released code this important. Blaming the language solely

Tools exist that find this error in C code, more to blame the company that didn't use those tools and released code this important. Blaming the language solely... not sure it's productive. If the gun went off in my holster WITH the safety on then I'd blame the manufacturer. Same goes with using the right tools with C, if all steps were taken to do the right thing then I can say we should blame C. But there's not any information here on how broadcom developers their code internally.

philipodonnell 9y ago
Its really hard to find an objective line in these things. Your 'tools exist to find this so they should buy them' is someone else's 'good developers should know this so hire good developers' or 'customers should know to be careful so its their fault' or 'Other languages are better about array length checking so they should use them'.