Re: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language [off-topic]

2006-06-26 Thread Matthias Blume
David Hopwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Matthias Blume wrote: >> I agree with Bob Harper about safety being language-specific and all >> that. But, with all due respect, I think his characterization of C is >> not accurate. > [...] >> AFAIC, C is C-unsafe by Bob's reasoning. > > Agreed. > >>

Re: What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language [off-topic]

2006-06-26 Thread David Hopwood
Matthias Blume wrote: > I agree with Bob Harper about safety being language-specific and all > that. But, with all due respect, I think his characterization of C is > not accurate. [...] > AFAIC, C is C-unsafe by Bob's reasoning. Agreed. > Of course, C can be made safe quite easily: > > Define