[pro] Heartbleed?

[Bob Cassels]

That was always part of the Lisp dogma. It's probably even true.

On Apr 12, 2014 5:52 PM, David McClain <dbm at refined-audiometrics.com> wrote:
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> Just curious for other opinions... but wouldn't this (Heartbleed) sort of buffer excess read-back failure have been prevented by utilizing a "safe" language like Lisp or SML?
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> I used to be an "unsafe" language bigot -- having mastered C/C++ for many years, and actually producing C compilers for a living at one time. I felt there should be no barriers to me as master of my machine, and not the other way around.
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> But today's software systems are so complex that it boggles the mind to keep track of everything needed. I found during my transition years that I could maintain code bases no larger than an absolute max of 500 KLOC, and that I actually started losing track of details around 100 KLOC. Making the transition to a higher level language like SML or Lisp enabled greater productivity within those limits for me.
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> Dr. David McClain
> dbm at refined-audiometrics.com
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