Could I use Java or c#? [was: Re: re-writingcollege books]

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At 8:18 PM -0600 11/14/06, Wall, Kevin wrote:

> That makes a Java
> inappropriate
> for a lot of system-level programming tasks. Simple example: There's no
> way
> in pure Java that I can lock a process in memory. Wrt this list, that
> has
> a lot of security ramifications especially on shared processors. Sure
> makes
> hiding secrets a lot harder.

Please explain that issue.

Is there some multiuser operating system that does not clear memory before
retasking it for another  process ?
-- 
Larry Kilgallen