Thread: Buffer Overflow

TheC language program environment does nothing to prevent buffer overflows ..... is there any pros to the obvious cons of this?

Would you be asking this question if there weren't obvious pros and cons?

State your opinion and reasons and then we can start the conversation.


Jim

I am relatively new to C, and i am learning about buffer overflow as of right now. I know what it is but i don't necessarily know any pros of C not preventing this, if there is any. This is why i asked the community, to see if there were any pros?

One big one springs to mind, speed.

Jim