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-Thread: 103376,5bc4be576204aa20 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsmst01b.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr29.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!4988f22a!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <43783810.6080808@obry.net> <0f4ef.1413$s14.1261@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> <5Fpif.25167$Zv5.13092@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net> <6ktjf.8048$ea6.3571@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <9hhkf.10004$ea6.5952@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Subject: Re: Buffer overflow Article - CACM X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-ID: <3klkf.25509$dO2.19240@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.109.140.17 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr29.news.prodigy.net 1133633919 ST000 69.109.140.17 (Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:18:39 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:18:39 EST Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: SCSYQNONTBWQR]TX\ZIBNFXBWR\HPCTL@XT^OBPLAH[\BQUBLNTC@AWZWDXZXQ[K\FFSKCVM@F_N_DOBWVWG__LG@VVOIPLIGX\\BU_B@\P\PFX\B[APHTWAHDCKJF^NHD[YJAZMCY_CWG[SX\Y]^KC\HSZRWSWKGAY_PC[BQ[BXAS\F\\@DMTLFZFUE@\VL Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:18:39 GMT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6730 Date: 2005-12-03T18:18:39+00:00 List-Id: "robin" wrote in message news:9hhkf.10004$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. Richard Riehle