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> Memory safe, high level languages[3] need less 'isolation' and 'protection' from a VM subsystem than traditional languages like C and C++. I'm not buying it.

> Memory safe, high level languages[3] need less 'isolation' and 'protection' from a VM subsystem than traditional languages like C and C++. I'm not buying it. Java is a memory-safe high-level language that very much needs memory protection from the rest of the system. The JVM has regularly been an attack target.

MrBuddyCasino 10y ago
Because the JVM is written in C++, rarely because of issues with Java itself.
- benchaney 10y ago
  But all language runtimes are running machine code under the hood. Machine code has no built in memory safety.
  - kruhft 10y ago
    You can build memory safety into machine code with the proper processor architecture. See the last reference in the original post.