Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:38:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@zeus.theinternet.com.au> To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Cc: easmith@beatrice.rutgers.edu, leec@adam.adonai.net, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Translation to a safer language (Was: Projects to improve security) Message-ID: <199807221438.OAA08927@zeus.theinternet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199807220250.UAA23367@lariat.lariat.org> from Brett Glass at "Jul 21, 98 08:50:18 pm"
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+----[ Brett Glass ]--------------------------------------------- | 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. | Anything with a cast operator is out then... That nails, C++, Modula*, Java, C. Occam2 would be kinda neat, instant support for MP stuff d8). Now if we can just get a transputer port of FreeBSD... Bad code, is bad code, it doesn't matter what language you code in. The only way to prevent bad code is to audit and test. -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | Milton ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 |72 Col .Sig PO Box 403 Booval QLD Australia 4304 |akm@theinternet.com.au|Specialist To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message
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