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

["Greenarrow 1" <Greenarrow1 () msn com>]

There is a comparison chart of different functions of D vs other languages 
at this site:

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/comparison.html

Regards,
George
Greenarrow1
InNetInvestigations-Forensics


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Walden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Kenneth R. van Wyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [SC-L] Anyone looked at security features of D programming 
language?


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