any opinions of bogofilter-milter.pl
Matthias Andree
matthias.andree at gmx.de
Wed Nov 5 18:51:33 CET 2003
Tom Anderson <tanderso at oac-design.com> writes:
> Actually, I feel some security from a language that does dynamic memory
> allocation and garbage collection. Lack of it in C causes the buffer
> overrun to be the most widespread bug and security hole in existance.
It's not the lack, but improper programming in such a "hostile"^Wlimited
environment.
> What I see in your "opinion" is an unsubstantiated philosophy.
> Considering perl is a vital part of a *nix system, wanting to eliminate
> it in any way sounds as absurd as wanting to eliminate C or assembler.
> What's the source of your hatred?
I've found it very hard to write readable (thus, maintainable) Perl
code. WORN code, Write Once Read Never.
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