Re: A Famous Security Bug

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

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */