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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: VMS
Date: 21 Jun 2025 03:09:12 GMT
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:07:20 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:

> Very likely, but the idea was to protect the typical programmer from
> their own common mistakes (of not carefully checking error return codes
> or buffer lengths, etc.).  I.e. the typical 9-5 contract programmer, not
> the Dennis Ritchie's of the world.

I'm paranoid enough that I check the return of malloc and try to log the 
problem even though I'm probably screwed at that point. It has pointed out 
errors for calloc if you've manged to come up with a negative size.

I have worked with programmers that assumed nothing bad would ever happen. 
Sadly, some had years of experience.