Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: VMS Date: 23 Jul 2025 22:47:18 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <20250625093213.00002ec2@gmail.com> <20250625094418.00007fd2@gmail.com> <105iv02$3cuhr$2@dont-email.me> <20250721091242.00007573@gmail.com> <20250721133148.00007cc6@gmail.com> <105pv2t$77mv$1@dont-email.me> <20250723080407.00004a8a@gmail.com> <105rbne$dp0l$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net eQS6CHamTDqPv9Zn2iIHUQ4fYg/BEkmqOBnWSpqSFGC9mj2Zsx Cancel-Lock: sha1:slMO6Y9Ge3JgJQeFAATyr/2+KUw= sha256:GpvoMV1mKY/JiYB0tsgTaxYVz0ShuzLbbrN1FkPUOdg= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:69861 On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 20:04:14 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 23/07/2025 16:04, John Ames wrote: >> My point is simply that, unless you're using a language where bounds- >> checking is provided for "free" behind the scenes, boundary errors will >> *always* be a hazard, and working in conscious recognition of that is >> a far more responsible approach than relying on superstitious warding >> practices - even if the practices in question may be valid design >> choices for other reasons. > > I have to agree, and philosophically it is a criticism of our whole > 'kindergarten' approach to life In Europe. > > If people expect all potential hazards to have been removed, they will > neither recognise nor respond appropriately when they meet one. > > Darwin might have a theory about that. Your favorite philosopher, Nietzasche, did. "Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker."