[Info-vax] Some SEARCH commands

[Dave Froble]

On 2/28/2019 9:05 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 2/28/19 8:48 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 2/28/2019 8:43 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> On 2/28/19 2:55 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>> Seemed to have a lot of it from things concerning C.  Ban the
>>>> insecure language ...
>>>
>>> Sigh.....
>>>
>>> No language is insecure.
>>
>> Some languages are better than other to prevent developers
>> from making mistakes.
>
> Same old hogwash.  It is not the languages job to control
> the programmer.  I have never seen that included in any
> language description and I have used dozens of different
> languages.
>
>>
>> Strongly typed, automatic check of array indexes, automatic
>> null pointer checks, no pointer arithmetic etc. are all features
>> that make it more difficult to make mistakes.
>
> And, in many cases limit the needed functionality of the language.
> But I doubt that was the reason the language was designed that way.
>
>>
>> It is also features that may prevent the language from being
>> used in some cases, so there is some need for languages
>> without all these checks.
>>
>
> Exactly.  It is not the language that has flaws, it is the
> programmers.
>
>>>                    Users of it may be incompetent, but nothing
>>> is the languages fault.
>>
>> Programming languages should do something to prevent human errors.
>> Similar to lots of other products. Look at what a modern car does
>> to prevent driver mistakes from having fatal results.
>
> Nothing I want it to do.  I will trust  my ability to drive over
> the cars any day.  Or do you want a Tesla that can't tell the
> difference between a tractor trailer across the lane your driving
> in and a billboard on the side of the road?
>
> bill

Self driving cars will get better.

The accident statistics will favor the self driving cars.

Statistics don't matter, if it's you.

I wonder what effect this will have on auto racing?

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