[Info-vax] Rust as a HS language, was: Re: Quiet?

[Dave Froble]

On 4/7/2022 11:36 AM, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article <jb8cf5F6634U1 at mid.individual.net>,
> Bill Gunshannon  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/7/22 10:45, Dan Cross wrote:
>>> In article <t2l82r$1s8o$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
>>> chris  <chris-nospam at tridac.net> wrote:
>>>> I don't like anything that claims or predisposes to protect me from
>>>> my own stupidity.  Prefer the freedom to make my own mistakes and
>>>> learn from them. Not more nanny state, however fashionable it
>>>> may be...
>>>
>>> Seatbelts are for wimps, I guess.  There's lots to be learned
>>> being thrown through the windshield of a moving car.
>>>
>>
>> Another problem, really but seatbelts are more of a matter of
>> political control than safety.  Other wise most states would
>> not prohibit the use of 4 and 6 point belts in favor of 3 point
>> belts with high failure rates that are also harder to get the
>> occupant out of the car when overturned than the standard 4 or
>> 6 point belt.
>
> But we generally agree that restraints help prevent injuries
> versus no restraints, right?
>
> 	- Dan C.
>

Very much so.  Ask the aerobatic pilot how he/she would do inverted without the 
harness holding them in place, so they can control the aircraft.  Same in 
automobiles, one cannot effectively control the car unless one is in a position 
to do so.  When control fails, not being tossed out also helps, usually.

However, back to programming, restraints can happen in multiple ways.  Good 
programming practices are one, tools that indicate questionable code another, 
and of course testing.

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