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> Unfortunately for C and Unix, it turned out that features like memory safety (PL/I) and ring security/ACLs/MAC (Multics) were actually good ideas. Yeah, but
by cryptonector 4y ago
> Unfortunately for C and Unix, it turned out that features like memory safety (PL/I) and ring security/ACLs/MAC (Multics) were actually good ideas.
Yeah, but perhaps the real misfortune was how small the obsolete PDP-10s that DMR, BWK, Ken Thompson, et. al. were working with.