Re: [Lit.] Buffer overruns

From: Douglas A. Gwyn (DAGwyn_at_null.net)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:40:08 GMT

Mok-Kong Shen wrote:
> Couldn't one with the same argument also develop a layered system
> using assembler at the base level? (I hope that you see my point.)

Yes one could, but it wouldn't be very portable, so the
economics dictate otherwise (in most instances). Some
programming *is* legitimately done in assembly language.

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