[Shootout-list] Safety vs. speed

Brandon J. Van Every vanevery@indiegamedesign.com
Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:44:52 -0700


Peter Hinely wrote:
>
> Unintended overflow can be the consequence of all sorts of
> bit twiddling:
>   int x = 1;
>   x << 33;
> can overflow.

Show me a language that never allows the programmer to make an error.
You will be a rich man!


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Brandon Van Every           Seattle, WA

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