From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,582dff0b3f065a52 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-06 15:52:31 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!chnws02.mediaone.net!chnws06.ne.mediaone.net!24.128.8.202!typhoon.ne.mediaone.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B6F1FB8.21C0160F@mediaone.net> From: Ed Falis X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.functional Subject: Re: How Ada could have prevented the Red Code distributed denial of service attack. References: <9ka1jc$mgd@augusta.math.psu.edu> <3b690498.1111845720@news.worldonline.nl> <9kbu15$9bj@augusta.math.psu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 22:52:29 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.96.132.248 X-Complaints-To: abuse@mediaone.net X-Trace: typhoon.ne.mediaone.net 997138349 65.96.132.248 (Mon, 06 Aug 2001 18:52:29 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 18:52:29 EDT Organization: Road Runner Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11425 comp.lang.c:72580 comp.lang.c++:80478 comp.lang.functional:7370 Date: 2001-08-06T22:52:29+00:00 List-Id: Bart.Vanhauwaert@nowhere.be wrote: > Safety measures are one part of the equation. It's obviously always > a trade-off between safety and speed (among other things). Balancing the > discussion to only one side of the medal (the side that shines > for Ada) is unfair. We could just as easily turn the tables and > discuss some things where Ada just doesn't cut it. Well, since this thread basically started out as what appears to be a troll, go for it! (I'm an Ada and other language aficionado, myself). But the exercise could be interesting. - Ed