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Could the White House do a bit more, like requiring ALL government contractors/projects to exclusively use memory-safe programming languages? I know they are al
by MenhirMike 3y ago
Could the White House do a bit more, like requiring ALL government contractors/projects to exclusively use memory-safe programming languages? I know they are already big on Ada, but I don't know if that is still a thing for new developments.
- acdha 3y agoMy understanding is that Ada was mostly a DoD phenomenon. In my experience in the civilian side you’re going to find lots of things which are already memory-safe (Java, PHP, Python, JavaScript, etc.) so while I’d like to see strong support for it there I’d also look for other measures like ease of patching, good use of modern isolation primitives, etc.
- compressedgas 3y agoSPARK https://www.adacore.com/about-spark https://www.adacore.com/about-spark