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This, ladies and gentlemen, is why C gives me the willies. And why this happens: http://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/year-2016/month-1/January.html ht

• pjmlp 11y ago
  Not that it would eliminate security exploits caused by logical bugs, but most those exploits were already taken care of with Burroughs Algol variant (1961), Modula-2 (1978), Cedar (1981), Ada (1983), .... but oh well.
• benbenolson 11y ago
  Those are due to programmer error. The fact that C doesn't lie to you means that it takes a bit more experience to program properly; as with all things, with great power comes great responsibility. You don't blame the gun for killing people, you blame the person for shooting it.
  • legulere 11y ago
    Not even the very best C programmers will write memory safe code. When you write C you will write exploitable code, no matter who you are. Don't blame the programmer for stepping onto a mine in the minefield, blame the minefield.
  • whyever 11y ago
    > Those are due to programmer error. How does that help? Almost all security vulnerabilities are due to programmer error. > You don't blame the gun for killing people, you blame the person for shooting it. It's more like choosing between a gun that makes it really easy to shoot yourself in the foot by accident and one that is safer.