Richard Kenner wrote: >> Oh, and teaching all of the programmers out there all the subtle nuances >> of C and trying to get them to write proper code: good luck. That >> simply won't happen. > > If people who write security-critical code in a programming language > can't take time to learn the details of that language relevant to > security issues (such as overflow handling),
Many of them can't, or don't... > I think our society is in > a great deal of trouble. Your conclusion may well be correct. The question for this group is: what's the best that GCC can do to serve the community/society? -- James