[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: OT: Language War (Re: "C" Manual)



Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> * William T Wilson (fluffy@snurgle.org) spake thusly:
> ...
> > So... why *should* the programmer concern himself with individual bytes of
> > memory? (Assuming he is writing an ordinary application and not a hardware
> > driver or something similar).
> 
> Because if he does not, his application will segfault and dump core.

Not if he's writing in a reasonable language for high-level applications
that takes care of all that stuff.

Craig



Reply to: