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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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Type safety is good 2003-03-28
Anonymous
Ok, so it seems obvious that the previous posters are unfamiliar with languages outside of C/C++ and Perl. The reason why other languages are better for security is because most other languages are type safe. Java is type safe, so is Perl, LISP, ML, and most other `modern' languages. Why is type saf...

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