[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[P. Sture]

In article <7ivb7rF32o3n0U1 at mid.individual.net>,
 billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:

> In article <gKBLIl0YcnM+ at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
> 	koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> > In article <7ire14F32vm9nU2 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill 
> > Gunshannon) writes:
> >> 
> >> And once again we blame the language for the incompetence (or just plain
> >> laziness) of the programmers.
> > 
> >    That's like blaiming the carpenter who loses his hand to a circular
> >    saw without a blade guard.  The saw should have had the blade guard.
> 
> The saw wasn't made without a blade guard (at least none I ever used was).
> It is still the fault of the operator for using it improperly.
> 
> When C is used properly it works just fine and doesn't have any more
> security problems than any other language. I have never written a
> program that was exploited thru a buffer overflow.
> 

Going back to my student holiday job days there were employers who would 
disable safety guards to enhance productivity.

And employees on piece rate pay who would disable safety guards 
themselves.

-- 
Paul Sture