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On 05 Aug 2012 00:54:57 GMT, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> declaimed the following in
gmane.comp.python.general:

> On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:59:18 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:
> 
> > C isn't so great for high-assurance stuff either, compared to (say) Ada.
> > People do use it in critical apps, but that's just because it is (or
> > anyway used to be) so ubiquitous.
> 
> And then they are shocked, SHOCKED I say!, when their app has enough 
> buffer overflow security vulnerabilities to sink a battleship.
> 
> [half a wink]
>
	{adding the other half}

	One has to realize that it is quite difficult to sink said
battleship -- a complete electrical system failure will still leave it
floating...

	In contrast, keeping an inherently unstable, fly by wire, fighter
jet in the air is much more difficult...
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