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A comment on Deconstructing K&R C Is Dead (2015). Parent comment

Re:Deconstructing K&R C Is Dead (2015) by kinkdr on Thursday May 19, 2016 @09:32PM (#11735093)
I didn't say it is not supporting them. I said that is a bit cumbersome to have to write the shims for them.

I wasn't aware of the tools that do this automatically. Just found one and it looks promising.

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Re:Deconstructing K&R C Is Dead (2015) by Manishearth on Friday May 20, 2016 @02:14AM (#11735833)
Yeah, my point was that thin shims are free, and "thick" safe shims take effort but as far as comparing with pure C is concerned you only need to compare the cost of thin shims. C doesn't have safety so the concept of a thick, safe shim is nonexistant.
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