Re:Git's list of banned C functions
by beej71 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @10:37PM
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While it's true that there are a lot of unsafe functions in C, it's not really a mistake. C is a fundamentally unforgiving language. You just have to accept the fact you're driving a naked supercar with no seatbelts.
It's easy to survive: just don't crash. :)
And, functions aside, it's trivial to write a C program that bombs out without calling any functions at all, safe or otherwise.
It's a language from a different era, for sure. Back then no one had the computing power to build Rust. And remember that before C, they were writing Unix in assembly language. So sprintf() was a big step up!
It's easy to survive: just don't crash. :)
And, functions aside, it's trivial to write a C program that bombs out without calling any functions at all, safe or otherwise.
It's a language from a different era, for sure. Back then no one had the computing power to build Rust. And remember that before C, they were writing Unix in assembly language. So sprintf() was a big step up!