[Info-vax] Rust as a HS language, was: Re: Quiet?

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 4/6/22 17:20, Dan Cross wrote:
> In article <jb5s77FlsqfU1 at mid.individual.net>,
> Bill Gunshannon  <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/5/22 20:20, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 4/5/2022 8:08 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>> On 4/5/22 19:46, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> C and C++ are currently dominating the low level code area, but
>>>>> there are some well known problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Two of those problems are:
>>>>> * buffer overruns
>>>>> * memory leaks
>>>>
>>>> Both those problems were fixed 40 years ago.  The fixes were
>>>> ignored and the company offering Safe C went out of business.
>>>
>>> They were not fixed as the current C compilers allow
>>> the problems.
>>>
>>> Maybe they could have been fixed, but that does not really
>>> help those with C code today.
>>
>> Let me re-word that.  40 years ago the problems were well known
>> and documented.
> 
> No.  Entire new classes of problems have emerged in those 40
> years, and you have and continue to ignore those.  It's not
> _just_ array bounds and memory leaks that are at issue.
> 

Safe C addressed a lot more than that.  I just mentioned the two you
hear the most complaints about.  The entire list is more than I have
the inclination to sit here and type in by hand from the PDP-11
Software Source Book.  Oh, and re-reading the description, it appears
there was also a version available for the VAX.  Wonder why VMS didn't
pick up on this?

bill


bill