OT: This Swift thing

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 07 Jun 2014 14:11:27 -0400, Roy Smith wrote:

> And, why do you need a library routine to touch a memory location, when
> you can just dereference an integer? :-)

And in one sentence we have an explanation for 90% of security 
vulnerabilities before PHP and SQL injection attacks...

C is not a safe language, and code written in C is not safe. Using C for 
application development is like shaving with a cavalry sabre -- harder 
than it need be, and you're likely to remove your head by accident.




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Steven D'Aprano
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