"Except that "far less serious than predicted" is not the same as non-existent" Pure strawman. The statement was that program correctness is far less serious t

"Except that "far less serious than predicted" is not the same as non-existent" Pure strawman. The statement was that program correctness is far less serious than predicted, not totally benign. "and that quote in no way talks about bounds checking, which is the issue being discussed here" Um, programs that exceed array bounds are not correct, so yes, it does talk about them. [further strawmen not worth addressing]