Comment on ACARS DramaparentComments−ForTheKidz1yQWERTY was invented to make input slower on mechanical devices and prevent the mechanical equivalent of a buffer overflow.This is sort of like saying a c compiler is there to stop you from dereferencing null pointers−lproven1yThis is sort of like saying a c compiler is there to stop you from dereferencing null pointersI like it! How else could we describe it?C compilers exist to prevent developers from writing reliable code.C compilers caught on because they allow geeks to act macho to other geeks.C compilers exist because programmers on 32-bit systems were nostalgic for the DEC PDP-11.C compilers exist because the industry worked out that fast code was way more lucrative than reliable code.Anyone got more?
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This is sort of like saying a c compiler is there to stop you from dereferencing null pointers
I like it! How else could we describe it?
C compilers exist to prevent developers from writing reliable code.
C compilers caught on because they allow geeks to act macho to other geeks.
C compilers exist because programmers on 32-bit systems were nostalgic for the DEC PDP-11.
C compilers exist because the industry worked out that fast code was way more lucrative than reliable code.
Anyone got more?