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Subject: Re: Buffer overflow Article - CACM
From: Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de>
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On Sat, 2005-12-31 at 07:39 +0000, robin wrote:
> <adaworks@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:3klkf.25509$dO2.19240@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
> >
> > "robin" <robin_v@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > news:9hhkf.10004$ea6.5952@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > >
> > > You seem to be unaware that PL/I has evolved since
> > > it was "first designed".
> > >
> > It would have to have evolved quite a lot to be anywhere
> > close to the capabilities or reliability of a language such as Ada.
> >
> > Perhaps you can provide a reference to some resources that
> > would help us enlighten ourselves.
> 
> Here's another example 

I've found the earlier references (to IBM's PL/1 e.g.) more
informative in that they show what is available with recent
PL/1s. Have you had a look at Ada, for comparison?


-- Georg