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From: Rich Salz <rich.salz@gmail.com>
To: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>
Cc: Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu>,
	TUHS main list <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C (was Maximum)
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:21:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFH29tqBw0Qpzqv=21SUZonL7w_tpB0i4Ts8PwQ-Akn5PvTvVw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKzdPgwJ7-_BWztOQKiB6h5a+OGwXtefsD47Fq+GDwGGF7N4UA@mail.gmail.com>

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>
> C and C++ have become non-portable and dangerously insecure, as well as
> often very surprising to the point that the US government arguing against
> using them.
>

I thought their main arguments were to use memory-safe languages. Are you
saying the C language can be as safe s go, rust, etc., by language design?
(I don't think you are, but the sentence I quoted kinda implies that, at
least to me.)

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-09-29 22:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-29 16:56 Douglas McIlroy
2024-09-29 20:29 ` Rob Pike
2024-09-29 21:13   ` Rik Farrow
2024-09-29 22:21   ` Rich Salz [this message]
2024-09-29 23:56     ` Rob Pike
2024-09-30  0:36       ` Larry McVoy
2024-09-30  0:55         ` Larry McVoy
2024-09-30  1:09         ` Luther Johnson
2024-09-30  1:37           ` Luther Johnson
2024-09-30  3:52             ` ron minnich
2024-10-01 12:43             ` arnold
2024-09-30 19:12   ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2024-09-30 20:03     ` Rich Salz
2024-09-30 21:15       ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2024-09-30 22:14       ` Bakul Shah via TUHS
2024-10-01  1:42         ` Alexis
2024-09-30 20:14     ` Rik Farrow
2024-09-30 22:00       ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2024-10-01 12:53       ` Dan Cross
2024-11-18 12:00         ` Anton Shepelev
2024-11-18 12:46           ` Luther Johnson
2024-11-18 14:05             ` Steve Nickolas
2024-11-18 15:00               ` Anton Shepelev
2024-11-23 22:29                 ` Alexander Schreiber
2024-11-18 14:55             ` Anton Shepelev
2024-11-18 16:52               ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-11-18 17:00                 ` Anton Shepelev
2024-11-18 18:56                 ` Luther Johnson
2024-11-22  1:53           ` Dan Cross
2024-11-22  2:55             ` Luther Johnson
2024-09-29 21:24 ` Ralph Corderoy
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2024-09-28 13:34 Douglas McIlroy
2024-09-28 16:58 ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-09-28 17:47   ` Luther Johnson
2024-09-28 17:52     ` Luther Johnson
2024-09-28 18:46       ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-09-28 22:08         ` Luther Johnson
2024-09-28 22:45           ` Luther Johnson
2024-09-28 22:50             ` Luther Johnson
2024-09-28 17:59   ` Bakul Shah via TUHS
2024-09-28 22:07     ` Douglas McIlroy
2024-09-28 23:05       ` Rob Pike
2024-09-28 23:30         ` Warner Losh
2024-09-29 10:06           ` Ralph Corderoy
2024-09-29 12:25             ` Warner Losh
2024-09-29 15:17               ` Ralph Corderoy
2024-09-30 12:15           ` Dan Cross
2024-09-28 18:01   ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-10-01 13:13     ` arnold
2024-10-01 13:32       ` Larry McVoy
2024-10-01 13:47         ` arnold
2024-10-01 14:01           ` Larry McVoy
2024-10-01 14:18             ` arnold
2024-10-01 14:25             ` Luther Johnson
2024-10-01 14:56               ` Dan Cross
2024-10-01 15:08                 ` Stuff Received
2024-10-01 15:20                 ` Larry McVoy
2024-10-01 15:38                   ` Peter Weinberger (温博格) via TUHS
2024-10-01 15:50                     ` ron minnich
2024-10-01 19:04                 ` arnold
2024-10-01 16:49           ` Paul Winalski
2024-10-01 15:44       ` Bakul Shah via TUHS
2024-10-01 19:07         ` arnold
2024-10-01 20:34           ` Rik Farrow
2024-10-02  0:55             ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2024-10-02  5:49             ` arnold
2024-10-02 20:42               ` Dan Cross
2024-10-02 21:54                 ` Marc Donner
2024-10-05 17:45                 ` arnold
2024-10-06 12:20                   ` Dan Cross
2024-10-01 16:40       ` Paul Winalski
2024-09-28 18:05   ` Larry McVoy
2024-09-30 15:49     ` Paul Winalski

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