On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:04:05 +0530 Girish Venkatachalam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. If security is a major concern, or perhaps The Main Concern, why > > not use Ada? I specifically mention Ada since one of the most > > security demanding industries are building aircrafts and they use > > Ada. > > > > I dunno about ada. > > > 2. Rather than auditing a lot of code, correcting a lot of coding > > mistakes, like the OpenBSD security team has done, and still do, > > why not shift from C to something, just as fast and powerfull as C, > > but more secure? Again like Ada. (to completely avoid the > > possibilities of those errors). > > There is simply no alternative to C. Period. >
Now those two statements are somewhat in contradiction. You can't say that Ada isn't an alternative to C without knowing what it is. Ada fully serve as an alternative to C, but read up on that if you must know. Regarding it being an alternative to C in BSD is another issue, you have to reprogram everything then.
