[Boost-users] Please stay on-topic (was: C++ and quality of software)

This discussion is really not relevant to Boost, is it? At Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:28:34 -0800, Peter Foelsche wrote:

"Marshall Clow" wrote in message news:D43C711F-03E0-4A3C-BE40-BA99BE379F30@gmail.com...

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Exceptions ▶ We do not use C++ exceptions.

Run-Time Type Information (RTTI) ▶ We do not use Run Time Type Information (RTTI).

I think this is an embarrasement for google. Didn't they claim to hire only very good people? I would not want to work under these conditions.

If there is again some security hole due to a buffer overflow, such an institution could claim, that software using fixed-sized-buffers would not get their stamp of approval. And that the customer should be looking and asking for this stamp of approval when buying software.

How many fixed sized buffers are in the main OSs?

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