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Re:"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where... by superb_dev on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @04:05AM (#40438493)
Well computing has gotten a lot more complex since c’s inception. It’s model has held up well but the cracks are there
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Re:"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where... by JonChesterfield on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @04:52AM (#40438843)
Programs are a lot more complex. The computers aren't.

They were far less homogenous in the early years. Today you have a octet addressed little endian integer machine, with ieee float hardware and a small vector unit. Maybe you have two different instances of that on the same address space, but probably just one.

I think reasonable argument could be made that the complexity in modern computing is primarily self inflicted by software engineers.

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Re:"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where... by superb_dev on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @02:01PM (#40444001)
Computers have gotten much more complex. Maybe your OS provides that nice little bubble for you, but it’s an illusion
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