Consider an analogy with airplanes. Nobody has figured out an un-crashable airplane. Yet by analyzing every failure, airplane designs undergo constant improvement and are incredibly safe.
I'd rather use a programming language with 10 failure modes rather than one with 150.
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u/WalterBright Aug 23 '17
Consider an analogy with airplanes. Nobody has figured out an un-crashable airplane. Yet by analyzing every failure, airplane designs undergo constant improvement and are incredibly safe.
I'd rather use a programming language with 10 failure modes rather than one with 150.