From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 X-Received: by 2002:ac8:760a:: with SMTP id t10mr7593209qtq.127.1598113874795; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:31:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:ae9:ed0e:: with SMTP id c14mr578099qkg.464.1598113874617; Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:31:14 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.uzoreto.com!tr2.eu1.usenetexpress.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:31:13 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=47.185.220.67; posting-account=zwxLlwoAAAChLBU7oraRzNDnqQYkYbpo NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.185.220.67 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <268eed24-fa23-4cf0-82f1-6f344885858dn@googlegroups.com> Subject: MITRE's top-25 list of 2020 software-bug categories From: Andreas ZEURCHER Injection-Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 16:31:14 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:59776 List-Id: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mitre-shares-this-years-top-= 25-most-dangerous-software-bugs Proper intended usage of Ada-specific features mitigates 9 of them, includi= ng a few that hit interpreted scripting languages hard. Others of the 25 a= re design-level almost independent of programming language. Still others o= f the 25 are cavalier/insufficient WWW-oriented string-processing or SQL st= ring-processing or director-filename string-processing that could be concei= vably done just as badly in Ada. Conversely, if HOLWG were still pursuing their language-design goals today,= certainly this MITRE* report would shape the design of an evolving GreenGr= eenerGreenest language today, instead of Ada solving primarily yesteryear's= programming/software-engineering challenges well. * defense contractor