Re: Buffer overflow Article - CACM

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"Stephen Leake" <stephen_leake@acm.org> wrote in message
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> I hope you wrote to the editor of CACM pointing out this flaw in the
> article. It is up to the editor to ensure that articles are fair and
> balanced! And they won't know there's a problem if nobody tells them.
>
I did not contact CACM.  Rather, I contacted the principal author and
informed him about this thread. Perhaps he, or one of the other authors
will find the time to post a note in this forum.
>
Further, given that their complaint was primarily focused on the languages
they do know instead of those they don't, I think the article is well-reasoned.
The problem, as I see it, is that so many academics spend so much time
solving problems while existing solutions are either ignored or unknown
to them.
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> There have been similar problems with articles in Dr Dobbs; the editor
> has been quite gracious when I point them out. We'll have to see if
> that translates into more balanced coverage in the future ...
>
The editor of Dr. Dobbs has a long-standing invitation for articles that
describe, in depth and in detail, problems that have been solved in Ada
that could not have been just as easily solved in some other language.
Further, if someone wants to write an article about Ada 2005, I think
Dr. Dobbs will print it -- given that it is a well-written article.
>
Richard Riehle