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Yes, C gives you a machine gun and no guard against your foot. However, the OpenBSD team also has a philosophy, and design measures, to ensure that said machine
by Sanddancer 13y ago
Yes, C gives you a machine gun and no guard against your foot. However, the OpenBSD team also has a philosophy, and design measures, to ensure that said machine gun never gets anywhere near your foot. Given their security track record, I think they've done a pretty good job of such.
Can you give an example of a "secure" OS not written in C so I can see what this mythical beast looks like?
- tokenrove 13y agoSPIN is probably the most well-known example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPIN_%28operating_system%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPIN_%28operating_system%29