Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:23106 comp.sys.intel:660 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: unsafe computing (Was: correct code for pointer subtraction) Keywords: C pointer math runtime errors Message-ID: <1989Jan11.122409.7095@ateng.ateng.com> Date: 11 Jan 89 17:24:08 GMT References: <597@mks.UUCP> <3845@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <18123@santra.UUCP> <5178@lynx.UUCP> <492@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 20 According to mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin): >C is not a high level language. To paraphrase Peter Norton, who made a similar point: `C is an industrial-strength language. Now, most everyone thinks that they want an industrial-strength language. But what most people forget is that "industrial-strength" also means "not safe for pets and small children".' Although I like C, I tend to agree with Norton on this point. >C is not a language for the average programmer. In fact, C is not a language for *sub*-standard programmers. That doesn't stop them from using it, unfortunately. -- Chip Salzenberg or A T Engineering Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest! "It's no good. They're tapping the lines."