I didn't see this link mentioned in the article. Looks like a good project. http://www.research.att.com/projects/cyclone/ On Friday 16 November 2001 14:34, aleph1at_private wrote: > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991578 > > A new computer language designed to avoid unforeseen programming errors > could prevent many computer security breaches, according to the US > researchers behind the project. > > The language Cyclone is being created by a team of computer scientists at > Cornell University and AT&T Labs in New York. Cyclone is a redesigned > version of the programming language C, which is currently used to create > many applications for different types of computers. > > Cyclone is designed to make almost impossible the inclusion of major bugs > that force software vendors to release software patches and can lead to > security breaches. > > "C is a very powerful language, but you can also hang yourself with that > power," says Graham Hutton, an expert in computer languages at the > University of Nottingham. "They are trying to have the power of C, but with > a few more checks to make it a safer language to use - that is definitely a > good thing." > > ...
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