> Of course there are limits to WUFFS, that's why it isn't a general purpose language. You shouldn't implement these distributed protocols in it for the same re

> Of course there are limits to WUFFS, that's why it isn't a general purpose language. You shouldn't implement these distributed protocols in it for the same reason toothpaste isn't a good engine lubricant, you deliberately can't even write "Hello, world" in WUFFS. LOL, I would never have thought to do that till now! :) I think we've always been on the same page regarding WUFFS and file format sanitizers. For me the question here really is, how do we improve the status quo when WUFFS is not an option? i.e. What are sane defaults for general purpose programming languages? I still maintain that checked arithmetic should be enabled by default in general purpose programming languages, and that's because I believe in the principles behind WUFFS, having worked exactly on these kinds of tools myself.