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Too Cool For Secure Code
Jon Lasser, 2003-03-26

Until Unix and Linux programmers get over their macho love for low-level programming languages, the security holes will continue to flow freely.

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That's the wrong attitude. 2003-03-28
DrNerdware
So why not take your reasoning a bit further, and write your code in assembly language? We use higher level languages for good reasons, and we choose to pay a small price for the advantages.

Lasser didn't say that higher level languages alone will make code more secure. Nor does his argument impl...

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