Interesting for you programmer types out there. Here's the actual link on AT&T's website:
http://www.research.att.com/projects/cyclone/ ----- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:34:27 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "Cyclone" blows computer bugs out of code To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991578 A new computer language designed to avoid unforeseen programming errors could prevent many computer security breaches, according to the US researchers behind the project. The language Cyclone is being created by a team of computer scientists at Cornell University and AT&T Labs in New York. Cyclone is a redesigned version of the programming language C, which is currently used to create many applications for different types of computers. Cyclone is designed to make almost impossible the inclusion of major bugs that force software vendors to release software patches and can lead to security breaches. "C is a very powerful language, but you can also hang yourself with that power," says Graham Hutton, an expert in computer languages at the University of Nottingham. "They are trying to have the power of C, but with a few more checks to make it a safer language to use - that is definitely a good thing." ... -- Elias Levy SecurityFocus http://www.securityfocus.com/ Si vis pacem, para bellum ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.engr.internet.org.ph/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
