[Info-vax] Memory Safe Programming Languages

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-03-08, John Dallman <jgd at cix.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <usf5lb$5ad$1 at panix2.panix.com>, kludge at panix.com (Scott
> Dorsey) wrote:
>> John Dallman <jgd at cix.co.uk> wrote:
>> > We don't have memory-safe instruction sets. The idea isn't 
>> > impossible, but it would be a lot more complex and/or restrictive
>> > than any of the currently popular instruction sets. 
>> 
>> iAPX 432.
>
> What the hell. I've collected various PDFs and will read up on it.
>

Also note what primary language it used. :-) It was a good idea, but the
technology of the time simply was not yet up to it. Reminds me of the
1993 Newton compared to the PDAs we had as standard a decade or so later.

Simon.

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