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C is unsafe. That's kind of the point of it. But just because it's unsafe doesn't mean it should never be used.
by Kamq 4y ago
C is unsafe. That's kind of the point of it.
But just because it's unsafe doesn't mean it should never be used.
- pjmlp 4y agoIts use should be considered to the same extent as a macro assembler.
- bitwize 4y agoC is not just unsafe in the sense that it supports unsafe behavior. It's unsafe in the sense that it's nearly impossible for even clever, experienced programmers to write nontrivial amounts of code in it that don't have foot-shooting behavior in some form.