Re: [Lit.] Buffer overruns

From: rpl (plinnane3REMOVE_at_NOSPAMyahoo.com)
Date: 02/01/05


Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 07:04:28 -0500

Larry Elmore wrote:

>> 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.
>
>
> No, more like building access hatches and maintenance tunnels and
> emergency evacuation paths into the skyscraper, and then when you're
> done, filling them all in with concrete.

(one way)evac paths stay, maintenance tunnels and access hatches get
locked from the inside.

More like.... wait, what do you mean by "safety checks" ?

rpl



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