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Date:      Mon, 20 Jul 1998 15:11:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The 99,999-bug question: Why can you execute from the  stack? 
Message-ID:  <199807201911.PAA01354@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199807201732.LAA20377@lariat.lariat.org>
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<<On Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:32:51 -0600, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> said:

> not so much worse. What I've always wanted (and I find it hard to believe
> that no one has done it) is opt for an OS written in a language designed 
> to prevent, rather than encourage, the creation of the sorts of bugs we're 
> seeing here.

So go get an Alpha and run Symbolics Genera on it.

-GAWollman

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