Xref: utzoo comp.software-eng:3071 comp.lang.c:26597 comp.lang.misc:4337 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!think!snorkelwacker!apple!amdahl!pccuts!tat From: tat@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tom Thackrey) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: problems/risks due to programming language Message-ID: <885@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com> Date: 5 Mar 90 22:05:45 GMT References: <6960@internal.Apple.COM> <259@eiffel.UUCP> <1990Mar1.172526.28683@utzoo.uucp> <4397@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> <1990Mar4.005122.14121@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: tat@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com (Tom Thackrey) Followup-To: comp.software-eng Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 15 In article <1990Mar4.005122.14121@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >I should have drawn slightly finer distinctions here. Programming novices >should avoid C, period. Experienced programmers who are C novices should >use C cautiously and avoid using it for production software, if possible, >until they're used to it. Incompetents should go somewhere where their >lack of talent will not be noticed, e.g. the local DoD contractor. :-) >(It's no accident that one big push for languages that try to legislate >competence comes from DoD...) Why is it necessary to slander some group or another to make a point? BTW If they didn't notice why would they push ...? -- Tom Thackrey sun!amdahl!tat00 [ The opinions expressed herin are mine alone. ]