15 Oct
2011
15 Oct
'11
11:12 a.m.
> <pedantic>
> ...
> In C, if you want ANY error checking, then YOU have to put it in, thus
> making it an inappropriate language for beginners to write operating
> systems in.
> </pedantic>
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011, Toby Thain wrote:
Even moreso, applications - the point I was trying to
make earlier.
In C, you can have as much and as thorough error checking as you want.
<RANT>
The REAL problem is that too many people who are employed as
programmers don't understand the importance of error checking,
and it isn't adequately taught in college classes!
In MY "Data Structures and Algorithms in C" class, there were COMPLAINTS
that I spent class time teaching error checking as a fundamental component
of all algorithms.
</RANT>