[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[P. Sture]

In article <MPG.25385f3d17fe6499989680 at news.giganews.com>,
 John Santos <john at egh.com> wrote:

> In article <paul.nospam-4799A6.21263308102009 at pbook.sture.ch>, 
> paul.nospam at sture.ch says...> 
> > 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.
> 
> Ever see the movie about Johnny Cash, and what happened to his brother?
> 
> There seem to have been no safety guards to be removed.  Just like C.

I just saw that movie recently and agree. The folks in my student job 
days who were nearing retirement age had similar tales to tell.

-- 
Paul Sture