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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Arbitrary Sandbox
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> Of course there is. Do you remember the last time U_C crashed Windows or
> Linux?

No.

But I've lost track of whether we're talking about security
or bug prevention/detection.

> That was my point. There is a disconnect in the designs of the hardware and
> higher level languages. You said it must be so. I disagree. There is no
> other reason for that than the dark ages we are living at. Nobody invests
> anything in serious language, OS, hardware design.

I agree with "dark ages" with respect to languages and OS,
but not hardware.  x86 is a mess, but it's popularity is
an accident of history.  People know how to design pretty-good
hardware architectures -- several exist.

- Bob