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Re:Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem by pornel on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @04:02PM (#15647599)
Joking aside, is there any hope of Linux doing anything else than just continuing to use C forever and using verbal abuse of patch submitters as the only safety layer?
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Re:Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem by marcosdumay on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @08:40PM (#15649355)
There's hope we move from Linux some day, into something with access controls between parts of the OS.

But Linux will be in C forever.

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Re:Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem by pjmlp on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:07PM (#15648118)
Not at all, UNIX is married with C.
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Re:Linux kernel: multiple vulnerabilities in the USB subsystem by staticassertion on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @04:29PM (#15647830)
Not really, no.
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