• @SlopppyEngineer
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    99 months ago

    And C/C++ are like that by design. Compiled languages were new and the developers were afraid additional checks would decrease performance. It was certainly performant in racing toward a crash.

    • mox
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      59 months ago

      And C/C++ are like that by design. Compiled languages were new and the developers were afraid additional checks would decrease performance.

      If you have a credible citation showing that was what guided K&R’s decisions, I think you should post it.