Nvidia Security Team: “What if we just stopped using C?”

Re:Nvidia Security Team: “What if we just stopped using C?” by lelanthran on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:03PM (#33510586)

> I am neurodivergent, so I may be missing something here.

Yes, you're missing the logic.

> Excluding the assumption that C is unsafe, it contains purely facts.

You think C is carcinogenic and mere exposure to it kills?

From a "purely facts" PoV, leaving all emotion aside, C runs, and has done so for a number of decades, life-critical systems, including munitions, weapons, life-support, industrial machinery and aviation.

It's only because you are married to your argument that you think comparing C to a fatal poison is "pure facts".

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Re:Nvidia Security Team: “What if we just stopped using C?” by lukeck on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @03:51AM (#33517254)

I interpreted the original comment as saying that C is detrimental to the long term health of a piece of software in a similar way to how asbestos is detrimental to the long term health of humans.

I don’t think there was any suggestion made that C is detrimental to human health.

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