Hello,
I'm on the list since more or less one month and I have seen a lot of
discussion about the "safety" of a language. And since I use language
like Python or PHP, I would like to have your opinion about such language.
Thanks.
PS: Sorry for my English, it's not my mother tongue.
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Derrièr
Jeremy Epstein wrote:
Jim & Mary Ronback opined:
I am hard put to find an example of a language feature which makes a
system more secure but less safe or vice versa, in any context. Can
anyone else think of one?
Not 100%, but consider automatic garbage collection. Tends to make a system
At 7:31 AM -0700 4/23/04, Jeremy Epstein wrote:
>Jim & Mary Ronback opined:
>> I am hard put to find an example of a language feature which makes a
>> system more secure but less safe or vice versa, in any context. Can
>> anyone else think of one?
>
>Not 100%, but consider automatic garbage colle
Jim & Mary Ronback opined:
> I am hard put to find an example of a language feature which makes a
> system more secure but less safe or vice versa, in any context. Can
> anyone else think of one?
Not 100%, but consider automatic garbage collection. Tends to make a system
more secure, because it
But don't the tools help the developer produce better quality code through
defect detection?
Mike Hines
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Greenarrow 1 wrote:
There is a comparison chart of different functions of D vs other languages
at this site:
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/comparison.html
This "comparison" appears to be an advocacy piece by the D developers,
and thus may be biased.
The comparison leaves out three conspicuous f
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>> Safety critical sofware has a lot of overlap with the requirements
>> for high security software.
> Can anyone think of any _differences_ between those domain (process
> and code-wise, not regulatory-wise).
Process-wise, probably not. In each case, you need to start by
figuring out what your t
I am hard put to find an example of a language feature which makes a
system more secure but less safe or vice versa, in any context. Can
anyone else think of one?
Someone said -" There are two ways to design software: make it so simple
there are obviously no defects or, make it so complex there
