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From: freek@fwi.uva.nl (Freek Wiedijk)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: problems/risks due to programming language, stories requested
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Date: 17 Mar 90 13:27:59 GMT
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In article <1527@amethyst.math.arizona.edu> raw@math.arizona.edu (Rich Walters) writes:
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>Do you refuse to drive a car because an irresponsible person could drive one
>through a crowded play ground?
>
>Do you refuse to own a gun because someone could use a (not necessarily your)
>gun to kill someone else?

I would prefer to live in a world in which cars and guns don't exist.

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