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Is one programming language more secure than the rest?
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Juha Nieminen
Mar 25, 2019, 6:50:22 AM3/25/19
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https://resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/blog-whitesource/is-one-language-more-secure
I'm actually honestly surprised how low C++ ranks in the
amount-of-reported-vulnerabilities list. I would have guessed it would
have ranked much higher (perhaps even second, after C).
I love C++, but that doesn't make me blind to the ways to easily shoot
yourself in the foot with it, especially with the millions of inexperienced
C++ programmers out there. That's why I'm truly surprised how well C++
fares in that list.
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I'm actually honestly surprised how low C++ ranks in the
amount-of-reported-vulnerabilities list. I would have guessed it would
have ranked much higher (perhaps even second, after C).
I love C++, but that doesn't make me blind to the ways to easily shoot
yourself in the foot with it, especially with the millions of inexperienced
C++ programmers out there. That's why I'm truly surprised how well C++
fares in that list.
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Paavo Helde
Mar 25, 2019, 9:19:58 AM3/25/19
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On 25.03.2019 12:50, Juha Nieminen wrote:
> https://resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/blog-whitesource/is-one-language-more-secure
>
> I'm actually honestly surprised how low C++ ranks in the
> amount-of-reported-vulnerabilities list. I would have guessed it would
> have ranked much higher (perhaps even second, after C).
Do not take that this report too seriously, it's basically about
> https://resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/blog-whitesource/is-one-language-more-secure
>
> I'm actually honestly surprised how low C++ ranks in the
> amount-of-reported-vulnerabilities list. I would have guessed it would
> have ranked much higher (perhaps even second, after C).
advertizing their company and their tools. Apparently they have not
weighed those numbers by *anything*, so the results cannot be really
used for comparing languages, despite the click-bait headlines.
David Brown
Mar 25, 2019, 10:25:04 AM3/25/19
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Do the leaps in Ruby vulnerabilities come from problems with Ruby,
problems with common Ruby libraries, hoards of Ruby newbies who can't
code correctly, a high growth rate for the latest fad language, or that
there are now more security researchers who understand Ruby and are
checking these projects? This report tells us /nothing/ of use or interest.
André Luis Pereira dos Santos
Mar 26, 2019, 1:25:41 PM3/26/19
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C and C++ are languages with a mature standard library, very well tested with decades of use.
This makes a difference in the security reports.
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André Luis Pereira dos Santos
C/C++ Development and Consultancy
www.andreconsult.tk
blog.andreconsult.tk
+55 16 98830-7133
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This makes a difference in the security reports.
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André Luis Pereira dos Santos
C/C++ Development and Consultancy
www.andreconsult.tk
blog.andreconsult.tk
+55 16 98830-7133
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