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: 103376,e6a2e4a4c0d7d8a6
X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-21 12:58:21 PST
Path: 
 archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail
From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: status of PL/I as a viable language
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:55:46 -0600
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
Message-ID: <v5d4nak0d9vv94@corp.supernews.com>
References: <mHZ0a.42983$jM5.108891@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>
 <nRg1a.190899$HG.32437469@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>
 <3E51908E.9CCA3412@adaworks.com>
 <8Gh4a.7455$_c6.743959@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
 <3E51ABCE.5491B9A2@adaworks.com> <b2spe6$p23$1@helle.btinternet.com>
 <3E5273DE.2050206@cox.net> <3E531E6F.BDFB2599@adaworks.com>
 <3E546C45.4010406@cox.net> <3E54F926.441D5BB5@adaworks.com>
 <1045763933.848350@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>
 <42EA55F4BE83950E.F1DA277C2FDC157B.C804C1C52FE95D65@lp.airnews.net>
 <1045769690.126389@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <2lb33b.7d6.ln@jellix.jlfencey.com>
 <1045772065.590669@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <oprkxqhntnmzo9uz@news.vol.cz>
 <1045839283.86671@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>
 <slrnb5cit4.7us.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no>
 <1045845919.135559@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>
 <slrnb5cp2f.7us.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no>
 <1045851033.454019@master.nyc.kbcfp.com>
 <slrnb5csfk.av9.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no>
 <1045853548.242365@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <2du53b.r6p.ln@jellix.jlfencey.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3719.2500
X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34388
Date: 2003-02-21T14:55:46-06:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

Hyman Rosen wrote:
> But no one is sending deliberately malformed strings to a toaster
> or a rocket.


Yet. You can bet if there is a way to do it, it will happen. Security is
something you do all the time, on every program, because anything can be
the vector of an attack. "It's only Notepad" or "It's only a toaster"
doesn't cut it.

        Randy.