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From: clemc@ccc.com (Clem Cole)
Subject: [TUHS] Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language - Unearthed!
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 11:15:21 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC20D2P=TPcbL_PH9GiB_F3uK14ZEb7zkee199oEx8m-5EpWeg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F5E7E09-327D-47E5-ACD3-15C2D4FB20FC@cheswick.com>

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On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 10:48 AM, William Cheswick <ches at cheswick.com> wrote:

> I think we have 30 years’ experience that clearly shows that dangerous
> languages
> will be misused in critical areas, even if most of us are very careful.
>
> Marcus Ranum once wrote a one-page version of inetd that he thought was
> secure.  He was and is as committed to security as anyone, and had long
> experience writing software important to the early Internet.  Steve
> Bellovin found a security hole in that one-page program.
>
> I am convinced that a safe language with very tiny holes allowing access
> to dangerous stuff (like memory management in the kernel) is simply safer.
> Clearly, we are no where near that right now.
>

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Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-08-30 12:34 arnold
2017-08-30 14:13 ` Eric Wayte
2017-08-30 14:30 ` Michael Kjörling
2017-08-30 14:43   ` Eric Wayte
2017-08-30 17:10 ` Mutiny 
2017-08-30 22:33 ` Michael Parson
2017-08-31  0:55   ` Nemo
2017-08-31 13:29     ` arnold
2017-08-31 18:24       ` Nemo
2017-09-03  0:56         ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-03 12:07           ` arnold
2017-09-03 22:03             ` Dave Horsfall
2017-09-04 12:12               ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-08-31  1:13 ` Bakul Shah
2017-08-31 14:48   ` Larry McVoy
2017-08-31 15:26     ` Eric Wayte
2017-08-31 16:12       ` Warner Losh
2017-08-31 17:51         ` Larry McVoy
2017-08-31 18:40           ` Clem Cole
2017-08-31 19:25             ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-09-01  1:57               ` Nemo
2017-09-01 14:17                 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2017-09-01 14:28                   ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-01 14:48                     ` William Cheswick
2017-09-01 15:15                       ` Clem Cole [this message]
2017-09-01 15:47                       ` Arthur Krewat
2017-09-01 16:21                       ` Nevin Liber
2017-09-01 16:34                       ` Dan Cross
2017-09-02  0:24                         ` Dave Horsfall
2017-08-31 19:47             ` Toby Thain
2017-08-31 20:37               ` William Cheswick
2017-08-31 20:51                 ` Clem Cole
2017-09-01  0:52                   ` Bakul Shah
2017-08-31 21:46                 ` Larry McVoy
2017-08-31 21:59                   ` Arthur Krewat
2017-08-31 22:08                     ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-01  1:11                       ` Steve Johnson
2017-09-01  0:57                   ` David Arnold
2017-09-01  1:22                   ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-01  1:26                     ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-01  1:51                       ` Kurt H Maier
2017-09-01  2:22                       ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-01  2:27                         ` Larry McVoy
2017-09-01  2:58                           ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-01  3:12                       ` Dan Cross
2017-09-01  2:51                     ` Dan Cross
2017-08-31 20:37               ` Clem Cole
2017-08-31 21:26                 ` Toby Thain
2017-09-01  2:38               ` Dan Cross
2017-09-01  3:59                 ` Toby Thain
2017-09-01 15:57                   ` Dan Cross
2017-09-01 16:08                     ` Toby Thain
2017-09-01 18:15                       ` [TUHS] Future Languages (was Pascal not Favorite...) Steve Johnson
2017-09-01 18:43                         ` ron minnich
2017-09-01 23:33                           ` Chris Torek
2017-09-04 20:55                             ` ron minnich
2017-09-01 20:42                         ` Clem Cole
2017-09-04 20:44                         ` Bakul Shah
2017-09-01 13:46                 ` [TUHS] Why Pascal is Not My Favorite Programming Language - Unearthed! Clem Cole
2017-09-01 14:43                 ` Toby Thain
2017-09-01 15:14                   ` Clem Cole
2017-09-01 16:22                   ` Dan Cross
2017-09-01 19:07                     ` Toby Thain
2017-09-02 13:25                       ` Dan Cross
2017-09-02 15:00                 ` Toby Thain
2017-09-02 15:16 Diomidis Spinellis
2017-09-02 19:53 ` Toby Thain
2017-09-03 14:48 Norman Wilson

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