Re: Anyone looked at security features of D programming language?

[James Walden <jwalden () eecs utoledo edu>]

Kenneth R. van Wyk wrote:
Has anyone here looked into the security strengths/weaknesses of D?  Care to 
discuss or summarize for the rest of us?  Does it inherit the problems of C 
while trying to improve on C++ et al?


I haven't examined D myself, but I would also be interested if anyone 
could recommend a good paper or site comparing programming language 
security features, either for just C-family languages like C/C++, C#, 
Cyclone, and D, or for a broader spectrum of language types.  The 
closest document to this type of comparison that I've read is section 10 
of David Wheeler's excellent Secure Programming for Linux and Unix 
HOWTO, but newer languages like Cyclone and D aren't represented in that 
section.


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James Walden, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of EECS
The University of Toledo @ LCCC
http://www.eecs.utoledo.edu/~jwalden/