* Crispin Cowan: > ljknews wrote: >> 2. The compiler market is so immature that some people are still >> using C, C++ and Java.
> I'm with you on the C and C++ argument, but what is immature about Java? > I thought Java was a huge step forward, because for the first time, a > statically typesafe language was widely popular. Java is not statically typesafe, see the beloved ArrayStoreException (and other cases, depending what you mean by "statically typesafe"). And if you allow for more dynamic typing, Visual Basic gained more widespread usage even earlier. 8-P _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php SC-L is hosted and moderated by KRvW Associates, LLC (http://www.KRvW.com) as a free, non-commercial service to the software security community. _______________________________________________
