Re: [Lit.] Buffer overruns
From: infobahn (infobahn_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 02/01/05
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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:28:53 +0000 (UTC)
Paul Rubin wrote:
>
> infobahn <infobahn@btinternet.com> writes:
> > I've tried hard to understand how you could possibly need ABC in
> > production,
>
> As Kernighan and Plauger put it in "software tools", enabling the
> safety checks for debugging and disabling them for production is like
> wearing a parachute on the ground but taking it off once you're in the
> air.
They're wrong. Yes, I know what I'm saying and I know who I'm saying
it about. But they're still wrong. The analogy is cute, but proof
by analogy is fraud (Stroustrup, if he wasn't quoting someone else).
Here's another analogy for you, just as pertinent, just as relevant,
and just as fraudulent if offered as proof:
Enabling the safety checks for debugging and disabling them for
production is like putting scaffolding up when you're building
a skyscraper and taking the scaffolding down again when you're
finished.
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