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Re: Programming languages -- the "third rail" of secure coding


From: "Mark Rockman" <mrockman () acm org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:42:51 +0100

JOVIAL goes back to the 1960s as "Jules' Own Version of the International
Algebraic Language."
ALGOL and IAL are the same thing.  JOVIAL was used almost exclusively by the
United States Air Force.

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From: "Dave Aronson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [SC-L] Programming languages -- the "third rail" of secure
coding


"Michael S Hines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 > I've been compiling a list of programming languages..

You missed FORTRAN, ICON, REXX, SNOBOL, and the assorted OS-based shell
scripting languages (bash/csh/ksh/etc., VMS DCL, DOS .bat, etc.).  I've
heard of JOVIAL, which I *think* is a programming language used almost
exclusively in the US military.  Since a few companies make things that
translate it into code, you might consider UML as well.  Then there are
a gazillion languages for particular commercial packages -- you got
Oracle's PL/SQL, but there are also dBase/Clipper, FrEd (Framework
Editor, from an old integrated office suite), Lotus 1-2-3 macros, and
many more.

Also, depending on your definition of "programming language" (versus
"markup language" and a few other types), you might have a few extras as
well.

-- 
David J. Aronson, Contract Software Engineer in Washington DC area
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