Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

> If you have errors in your program, does it matter that much if those errors are caught during runtime or compile time?

The passengers on the fly-by-wire jet running the program might well say that it matters.




Well there's an irony to your statement. Those programmers who write embedded systems (I'm one of them) tend to use C++. C++ lacks memory safety and has segfaults, python doesn't. They literally used the most unsafe programming language ever that literally doesn't even alert you to errors either at compile time or runtime.

C++ is chosen for speed. Not for safety. The amount of run-time and compile time checks C++ skips is astronomical. The passengers may think it matters, but the programmers of those systems by NOT using a program that does compile time or run time checks are saying it doesn't matter.




Consider applying for YC's Spring batch! Applications are open till Feb 11.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: