Re: A Famous Security Bug

Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:49:43 -0700
Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:

bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]

But what people want are the conveniences and familiarity of a HLL,
without the bloody-mindedness of an optimising C compiler. 

[...]
 
Exactly which people want that?
 
The evidence suggests that, while some people undoubtedly want that
(and it's a perfectly legitimate desire), there isn't enough demand
to induce anyone to actually produce such a thing and for it to catch
on.

>
Such things are produced all the time. A yes, they fail to catch on.
The most recent [half-hearted] attempt that didn't realize yet that it
has no chance is called zig.

Does Zig have those characteristics because its language definition say
so, or because there's a single implementation that happens to work that
way?  I took a quick look at the documentation and didn't see anything
definitive.

Developers have had decades to define and implement the kind of
language you're talking about.  Why haven't they?
 

>
Because C is juggernaut?

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