C Community's Cavalier Attitude On Software Reliability

[George W. Leach]

In article <8616 at sybase.sybase.com> hamish at sybase.com.(Just Another Deckchair on the Titanic) writes:

>Perhaps the focus was on language insecurites *because* we can't solve
>the bigger problems - and because it's the easier target?

    It is easier also to find a "silver bullet" that one can champion.
How often have we seen this in the past?

George

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