*sshole, or when are we going to get rid of C?

(sunshowers.io)

25 points | by hasheddan 2 hours ago

3 comments

  • zeroCalories 1 hour ago
    I just really hate rust compile times man
  • whatthejesus 38 minutes ago
    Oohhh there’s one more C vulnerability. Oh my gosh, what ever will I do? Should I buy a new smart toaster? I’m not sure. I just really don’t know what to do right now.

    It’s called pay attention and f*king upgrade your packages.

  • varispeed 1 hour ago
    What does it have to do with C? It's just poor design.

    It's like blaming poor driving on one's tracksuit.

    • anotherhue 1 minute ago
      If safety features are available and you choose not to use them then that's bad engineering.

      I love K&R as much as the next guy but special magic ASCII chars multiply defined by convention over 40 years is exactly the sort of rubbish a good type system can protect against (if used).

    • goalieca 41 minutes ago
      I could see the same thing in Python. Except instead it would be an inhandled none they didn’t like so they would return a *.
    • sunshowers 1 hour ago
      I think if you read the post you will find the answer to your question.
      • varispeed 1 hour ago
        I did read it. Again, it is blaming poor engineering on C. It's almost like saying people are e.g. stealing because they belong to certain socio-economic group. Crass.