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OP is right. Functional programming is more secure and reliable than imperative programming. There are no buffer overflows when code is formally specified and v
by koyanisqatsi 4y ago
OP is right. Functional programming is more secure and reliable than imperative programming. There are no buffer overflows when code is formally specified and verified. It's next to impossible to do this for imperative code but very easy to do for functional code [0].
0: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/project-everest-verified-secure-implementations-https-ecosystem/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/project-eve...
- theamk 4y agoI think you want to choose a better example. There are no buffer overflows in Java or Python either, and they are pretty imperative.
- koyanisqatsi 4y agoAre you sure about that?