One day this book will be written about software and programming languages. Almost none of them were designed and developed with security in mind. Many popular

One day this book will be written about software and programming languages. Almost none of them were designed and developed with security in mind. Many popular ones originated in a pre-internet age, in trusting, cooperative (often academic) environments. Companies prefer to insure themselves against losses rather than supporting research, development and adoption of languages and standards in this area. And as long as security doesn't become easy and economically viable, the digital world will continue to be built on unsafe foundations.