> In any case, I think you're being overly glib about the problems of C: In short form, here, without a doubt. > it's so so easy to have a program that exhibi

> In any case, I think you're being overly glib about the problems of C: In short form, here, without a doubt. > it's so so easy to have a program that exhibits undefined behaviour, and so is theoretically operating with no restrictions. I've run into this. A lot! It was almost always my fault. One notable exception was back when I used to do a fair amount of with GP (Genetic Programming -- evolving large populations of small programs). The system was shockingly adept at finding/exploiting edge-cases and exploiting them for advantage.