Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 20:50:18 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Allen Smith" <easmith@beatrice.rutgers.edu>, "Lee Crites (ASC)" <leec@adam.adonai.net> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Translation to a safer language (Was: Projects to improve security) Message-ID: <199807220250.UAA23367@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <9807212245.ZM12182@beatrice.rutgers.edu> References: <Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> <199807211859.MAA14931@lariat.lariat.org> <199807220125.TAA21968@lariat.lariat.org>
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The question would be whether it would be efficient enough. Perl might drop back to near-interpreted speed if certain constructs were used. Also, Perl isn't strongly typed, so it might not catch certain errors. --Brett At 10:45 PM 7/21/98 -0400, Allen Smith wrote: >Might I suggest Perl at this point? > > A. it's got built-in security stuff such as tainting; > B. a Perl-to-C translator/complier is under active development > (indeed, as of last count the main problem was getting it > to turn out highly optimizable code, not in getting it to > turn out correct code); >and C. it already has similarities C in quite a few ways, making > porting easier. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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