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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.
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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.
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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.

https://www.stroustrup.com/JSF-AV-rules.pdf

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