On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:08:05 +0100 Erik Wikstrvm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2007-12-22 12:06, Brian Hansen wrote: > Hi. > > I address this issue on this list, because a lot of people here are > very skillfull C programmers. > > When looking at some of the different "reasons for security > problems" such as: > http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/ > > I can't help wonder, why so much software are being developed using > C. This isn't the right place, but since you did it anyway, try looking at the compiler issue. The Portable C Compiler (PCC) was written in mid-1970s. PCC shipped with BSD Unix until the release of 4.4BSD in 1994. The history of Ada is?
