Alan B. Pearce wrote:

>>Have you ever seen a C code where a using a single "=" instead of "=="
>>caused a serious bug? A many sr. reviews the code but no ones spotting 
>>that?
> 
> You mean that the reviewers do not use Lint to catch such subtle bugs ???? 
> They deserve all the errors they miss.

This is actually one of the lesser used arguments in favor of C: the
existence of such tools. Whenever we discuss how unsafe programming in C
is, we should consider programming in C with the available tools. At least
when talking about programming in a professional setup.

Gerhard

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