Re:Urgent Upcoming OpenSSL release patches critical vulnerab...
by pyuser583 on Saturday October 29, 2022 @12:45AM
(#33381057)
Is Ada memory safe? I don’t think it is.
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Re:Urgent Upcoming OpenSSL release patches critical vulnerab...
by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday October 29, 2022 @12:47AM
(#33381070)
https://www.reddit.com/r/ada/comments/mme3jk/is_ada_memory_s... seems to think so, although unfortunately I'm not qualified to evaluate it (so take this with a medium-large grain of salt...)
Re:Urgent Upcoming OpenSSL release patches critical vulnerab...
by 29athrowaway on Saturday October 29, 2022 @12:48AM
(#33381073)
It is still a significant upgrade in terms of safety over C.
Re:Urgent Upcoming OpenSSL release patches critical vulnerab...
by pyuser583 on Saturday October 29, 2022 @02:27AM
(#33381526)
The main argument against Ada is you can achieve a higher level of safety/convenience using C++ frameworks and code analysis tools.
Re:Urgent Upcoming OpenSSL release patches critical vulnerab...
by 29athrowaway on Saturday October 29, 2022 @04:21AM
(#33382101)
The F-35 JSF project used C++, and had a draconian coding standard, and likely used all of the tools you mentioned. It was plagued with defects that costed the taxpayer billions of dollars.