Python secure?
Reid Nichol
rnichol_rrc at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 16 01:23:49 EDT 2004
Terry Reedy wrote:
> ... compiled C can be terribly insecure relative to
> Python. C has dangerous functions like strcpy() which, if used with
> external input, can make a program subject to buffer overrun exploits that
> can do explosive damage.
But this doesn't make C an insecure language. No language is either
secure nor insecure. It's what the programer does with it that matters.
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