[Info-vax] Memory Safe Programming Languages

[bill]

On 3/6/2024 6:57 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> 
> Recent US Goverment recommendations on programming:
> 
> https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Final-ONCD-Technical-Report.pdf
> 
>  From a related document from US NSA: "Examples of memory safe language 
> include Python, Java, C#, Go, Delphi/Object Pascal, Swift, Ruby, Rust, 
> and Ada."
> 
> https://media.defense.gov/2023/Apr/27/2003210083/-1/-1/0/CSI_SOFTWARE_MEMORY_SAFETY_V1.1.PDF
> 
> OpenVMS has three of those languages available, so there's that. 
> (Python, Java, and the available Pascal probably also counts.)
> 
> 

And 40 years ago we had safe C.  We all know how well that
survived.  If people weren't willing to choose memory safety
back then, why would they be expected to now?

Hmmm...  I don't see Jovial on that list.  Are they going to
try and force the Air Force to use Ada again?

bill