White House recommends only memory safe programming languages

Posted by nathan_tarbert on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @01:57PM
from the sdtimes.com dept.

https://sdtimes.com/security/white-house-recommends-software-be-written-in-memory-safe-languages-to-improve-cybersecurity/

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Re:White House recommends only memory safe programming langu... by cheaprentalyeti on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @02:20PM (#39528413)

Wait, javascript is memory safe?

Do they really mean "languages other than c"?

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Re:White House recommends only memory safe programming langu... by karmakaze on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @04:01PM (#39529883)

Not even really since Swift is listed as being ok, so anything using automatic-reference-counting should be fine (as long as we're strict about usage).

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Re:White House recommends only memory safe programming langu... by NetOpWibby on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @03:11PM (#39529128)

JavaScript reigns supreme

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