Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> "C allows you to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ allows you to shoot 
> yourself in the foot and reuse the bullet"

  OTOH C++ allows much better than C to build automatic or semi-automatic
safeguards which will prevent or at least diminish the danger of shooting
yourself in the foot (at least as long as you use those safeguards properly).

  Of course one limiting factor in making C++ more secure is its policy
that you don't have to pay for what you don't use, and that there should
be as little hidden overhead in correct code as possible (in other words,
adding automatic checks to *correct* code is basically a waste).

  On the other hand, the C++ standard doesn't forbid compilers from adding
additional checks (eg. in debug mode) if they want. In fact, most of the
better compilers *do* add additional checks to things when they compile
in debug mode.
  Very unfortunately gcc is *not* one of those compilers... :(

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                                                          - Warp

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