Closed-source considered harmful (was: JavaScript considered harmful)
Mark McEahern
marklists at mceahern.com
Tue Jan 8 12:44:43 EST 2002
Oleg Broytmann
> Users must understand their tools, because modern tools are too powerful,
> and pressing incorrect button these days may easiliy lead to people death,
> or huge money lost, and all that.
Hmm, I don't really understand how my car works. I don't think that has any
impact on my ability to be a safe driver, though.
You're saying my mom would have to understand compilers before it would be
safe for her to use a computer? I don't understand compilers.
Cheers,
// mark
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