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Comment Re:C isn't dead...yet. (Score 5, Insightful) 435

Ideally, programming should be a playground accessible to all, not like today where it's more of a military discipline camp accessible to all.

I very strongly disagree. Good programming can't allow for lack of discipline. People who go for more "elaborate" languages, with loads of libraries available, should be forced to understand what goes on behind the scenes.

I remember a researcher in a biotech company I used to work for, who tried to get help on forums on the Internet, and published parts of her ruby code (she'd had a 4 hour lessons of ruby once at university). The code included (read-only) account passwords to a research database and her own AD password in the company. Plus the variable names left little doubt as to what she was working on at the time.

Bottom line is: she didn't know what she was doing, but someone trusted her with code, and put the company's research at risk. So no, programming is not a playground, it's a serious matter. And as far as you don't understand what a buffer overflow is (and a load of other things), your employer shouldn't allow you to code.

Comment Re:But democracy isn't tolerable either. (Score 1) 1276

If it's just as bad as everything else, then we can change it again.

...because taking power back from a highly centralized military organization isn't as easy as it would be under a democracy.

With democracy, you need a high incentive to create major change. That is a difficult barrier to pass, but not impossible. It is basically a means to a peaceful revolution through the election process.

But you've just been told that the election process is ineffective.

Is there really nobody paying attention today?

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