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I notice you chose to attack me rather than attacking the assertion that memory-safe languages are inherently safer than memory-unsafe languages like C. Yes, yo
by yodon 1y ago
I notice you chose to attack me rather than attacking the assertion that memory-safe languages are inherently safer than memory-unsafe languages like C. Yes, you CAN write memory safe code in C. You DO write memory safe code in languages like Java, Python, PHP, and C#. Critically, the maintenance programmer also writes memory safe code when working in a memory safe language. The maintenance programmer is not guaranteed to write memory safe code when working in a language like C.
If any of the above is incorrect, I'm interested in learning more.
- hu3 1y agoThere's nothing to dispute in your assertion, because you're technically correct. However it's just not constructive and repetitive. You're basically walking into a bar and yelling that alcohol is unhealthy.
- dang 1y agoWhat was incorrect (to use your word) in your posts in this thread was your misalignment with the intended spirit of the site. You responded with generic/shallow objections to someone's creative work. That's one of the failure modes of internet discussion, which is why both the HN guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html) and the Show HN guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html) ask commenters not to do this. It's true that the repliers crossed into the red as well, but fundamentally that's a healthy immune response going a little too far.
- yodon 1y agodang - thanks for being the incredible mod that you are. Genuinely hoping you one day write a book or give a talk on effective communication. Your words, even when they amount to "dude, you screwed up", are always informative and inspiring.
- dang 1y agoThanks for the kind reply! I'm always surprised when people react so nicely to one of those. It lands, and I appreciate it.