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And you could say the same about null checks in C. And yet bugs of that sort still appear, up to and including in the linux kernel.
by TheLoneWolfling 11y ago
And you could say the same about null checks in C. And yet bugs of that sort still appear, up to and including in the linux kernel.
- SamReidHughes 11y agoNo, that's not a reasonable thing you're saying. That you can say foo about A and foo about B, the fact that saying foo about B is false does not imply that saying foo about A is false.
- Dylan16807 11y agoStrawman. The argument is that they are very similar situations with similar downsides and shoddy defenses. The argument is not that the defenses being wrong about C proves that they're wrong about Go.
- SamReidHughes 11y agoIt's not a "strawman" when you're arguing with the logic somebody else has presented to you.
- Dylan16807 11y agoThat was not their logic. They were not depending on a fallacy. The comparison with C was not the basis of the argument. They were merely giving an example of a similar situation.
- SamReidHughes 11y agoIt's not a similar situation.
- Dylan16807 11y agoThat's an opinion, not a fact. Some people call it similar.