Why is it that we can write outside of bounds in C?

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“Why is this allowed to happen?” (write outside of bounds)

C does not require the additional CPU instructions that would typically be needed to prevent this out-of-range access.

That is the speed of C – it trusts the programmer, giving the coder all the rope needed to perform the task – including enough rope to hang oneself.

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