A typesafe language is preferable to C/C++

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by ben_tilly

5/2/06 2:00:31 PM

A typesafe language is preferable to C/C++

Whether it is preferable to a dynamic language is another story entirely. But, for instance, "no buffer overflows" would be worth quite a bit in my books. (And I suspect Todd's as well.)

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Ben

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A typesafe language is preferable to C/C++ - (ben_tilly) - May 2, 2006, 02:00:31 PM EDT

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