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 than
The biggest problem with C++ is that, like C, it is not type safe. The memory
model is a disasterous sea of bits. Plus it is an arcane, hard to understand
language prone to misunderstandings.
If you can at all avoid C++, do so.
Use Java, C#, or some other type safe alternative.
gem
| 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
