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From: lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
Subject: Re: BIND is Crying Out for Ada95
Date: 9 Feb 2001 16:04:03 GMT
Date: 2001-02-09T16:04:03+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrn988529.jp.lutz@taranis.iks-jena.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 960sds$f411@news.kvaerner.com

* Tarjei T. Jensen wrote:
>Lutz Donnerhacke wrote
>>Shure, Ada95 might help to prevent buffer overflows, but even Ada95 can not
>>create correct code from an incorrect source.
>
>The point is of course to write something new from scratch and take advantage
>of Ada.

That's what I'm doing these days. Unfortunly I have to invent a more
flexible data representation language first.

>>The main problem with DNS is the protocol. And the main problem with UNIX
>>daemons is the braindead API of syscalls and libraries.
>
>Workarounds exists.

Workarounds are never a solution.



      reply	other threads:[~2001-02-09 16:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-08 17:33 BIND is Crying Out for Ada95 Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2001-02-08 20:35 ` Florian Weimer
2001-02-08 20:50   ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2001-02-08 21:28     ` Florian Weimer
2001-02-09  9:16   ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2001-02-09 10:43     ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-02-09 11:47       ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-02-09 13:47       ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2001-02-09 16:04         ` Lutz Donnerhacke [this message]
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