Re: A good compiler

Chris Hills said:

In article <kr6dnX_p45EAlTDbRVnyvwA@xxxxxx>, Richard Heathfield
<rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

The strcpy function is no more unsafe than any other power tool. Yes,
it requires careful handling, but then so do many functions.
Programming is a difficult game to play well.


This gets us into the discussion about the "secure" library that MS
has pushed into an ISO Technical Report with their so-called safe
functions.....

Er, indeed. But if I wanted someone to design a library of safe
functions for me, Microsoft wouldn't exactly leap to mind as my first
choice.

I wish I could be sure the ISO C committee would be of the same mind.

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