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From: lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
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Subject: Re: BIND is Crying Out for Ada95
Date: 9 Feb 2001 16:04:03 GMT
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* 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.