Comment Re:Most Secure Language (Score 1) 137
Language wars... cool!
Military safety people will tell you "Ada, nothing else". As a professional Ada programmer who has made money out of this attitude, I can tell you Military safety people are wankers.
My current favorite language is Python, because its quick to develop working programs with, and helps you avoid many mistakes. It doesn't really rate as a system language though.
However, if I had a choice and safety was of the utmost importance, I'd have to rate Eiffel as the winner. It's the only language that has "Design by Contract" built in, right down to pre/post conditions and invariants being inherited. The whole librarys are DBC'd, so mistakes are much easier to detect and avoid.
Unfortunately, in any development project, tools and support are more important than the actual language. This is why C wins hands down.
Military safety people will tell you "Ada, nothing else". As a professional Ada programmer who has made money out of this attitude, I can tell you Military safety people are wankers.
My current favorite language is Python, because its quick to develop working programs with, and helps you avoid many mistakes. It doesn't really rate as a system language though.
However, if I had a choice and safety was of the utmost importance, I'd have to rate Eiffel as the winner. It's the only language that has "Design by Contract" built in, right down to pre/post conditions and invariants being inherited. The whole librarys are DBC'd, so mistakes are much easier to detect and avoid.
Unfortunately, in any development project, tools and support are more important than the actual language. This is why C wins hands down.
