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

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

Michael S Hines wrote:

I've been compiling a list of programming languages..   Some of which were
developed to 'solve' the insecure programming problem.  I don't think we've
made it yet.


If you want a list of all programming languages (or at least around 2500 of 
them), try this page:

http://people.ku.edu/~nkinners/LangList/Extras/langlist.htm

The computer languages history page at http://www.levenez.com/lang/ is a good 
reference for this type of information too, and O'Reilly has put out a family 
tree poster(http://www.oreilly.com/news/graphics/prog_lang_poster.pdf) of a 
couple hundred of the more important or commonly used languages.


[Ed. Ok, lists are great, but could we please either kill this thread or reel it in
and focus on the security strengths/weaknesses of the various languages?
Thanks!  KRvW]

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