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* MITRE's top-25 list of 2020 software-bug categories
@ 2020-08-22 16:31 Andreas ZEURCHER
  2020-08-22 21:30 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
  2020-08-25 19:09 ` Shark8
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From: Andreas ZEURCHER @ 2020-08-22 16:31 UTC (permalink / raw)



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, including a few that hit interpreted scripting languages hard.  Others of the 25 are design-level almost independent of programming language.  Still others of the 25 are cavalier/insufficient WWW-oriented string-processing or SQL string-processing or director-filename string-processing that could be conceivably 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 GreenGreenerGreenest language today, instead of Ada solving primarily yesteryear's programming/software-engineering challenges well.

* defense contractor

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