Ben Corneau wrote:
> From time to time on this list, the recommendation is made to never user C++
> when given a choice (most recently by Crispin Cowan in the "re-writing
> college books" thread). This is a recommendation I do not understand. Now,
> I'm not an expert C++ programmer or Java or C# pr
| From time to time on this list, the recommendation is made to never
| user C++ when given a choice (most recently by Crispin Cowan in the
| "re-writing college books" thread). This is a recommendation I do not
| understand. Now, I'm not an expert C++ programmer or Java or C#
| programmer and as y
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From: Ben Corneau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue Oct 31 22:08:08 2006
To: SC-L@securecoding.org
Subject:[SC-L] Why Shouldn't I use C++?
>From time to time on this l
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> Subject: Re: [SC-L] Why Shouldn't I use C++?
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> Ben,
>
> I w
At 9:08 PM -0500 10/31/06, Ben Corneau wrote:
> C and C++ are very different. Using C++ like C is arguable unsafe, but when
> it's used as it was intended can't C++ too be considered for secure
> programming?
What assurance does upper management have that C++ was used "as it was
intended" rather
Ben,
I would not go so far as to say never use C++. It is probably the most
powerful and expressive commercially successful programming language
available today and there are often good reasons to use the language.
Secure programming in C++ is possible, but C++ itself is exceptionally
complex, h
>From time to time on this list, the recommendation is made to never user C++
when given a choice (most recently by Crispin Cowan in the "re-writing
college books" thread). This is a recommendation I do not understand. Now,
I'm not an expert C++ programmer or Java or C# programmer and as you may
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