Re: No Country for Old System Administrators

From	kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups	comp.os.vms
Subject	Re: No Country for Old System Administrators
Date	2026-05-03 12:10 -0400
Organization	Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000)
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bill  <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 5/3/2026 2:45 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 May 2026 11:25:00 +1000, Subcommandante XDelta wrote:
>> 
>>> With $1 Cyberattacks on the Rise, Durable Defenses Pay Off Writing
>>> memory-safe code beats patching your way to safety
>> 
>> Rust seems to be the language du jour for tackling this problem.
>> 
>> Google reported a significant decrease in memory-related bugs after
>> adopting Rust into the Android code base in a major way. Though,
>> oddly, not a decrease in bugs overall ...
>
>There was memory safe C 40 years ago.  No one was interested.

People in general aren't really interested at fixing security problems
at the source.  Memory safe languages and safe computer architectures
have never met much popularity outside academia unfortunately.

We did get java, much to our dismay, and now rust.  But actual adoption
is low.
--scott
-- 
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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No Country for Old System Administrators Subcommandante XDelta <vlf@star.enet.dec.com> - 2026-05-03 11:25 +1000
  Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-02 22:08 -0400
    Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-03 06:43 +0000
    Re: No Country for Old System Administrators cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-04 01:02 +0000
  Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-03 06:45 +0000
    Re: No Country for Old System Administrators bill <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> - 2026-05-03 08:59 -0400
      Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-03 11:53 -0400
      Re: No Country for Old System Administrators kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-05-03 12:10 -0400
        Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-03 13:24 -0400
          Re: No Country for Old System Administrators kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-05-03 19:27 -0400
            Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-03 20:28 -0400
              Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-04 02:26 +0000
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-05-03 22:46 -0400
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-03 23:29 -0400
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-03 23:39 -0400
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-04 11:17 -0400
        Re: No Country for Old System Administrators cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-04 02:24 +0000
        Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-05-05 13:02 +0000
          Re: No Country for Old System Administrators kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-05-05 16:10 -0400
            Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-05 16:29 -0400
              Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 21:59 +0000
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-05 18:43 -0400
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 23:04 +0000
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-05 19:13 -0400
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-05 19:41 -0400
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2026-05-05 21:47 -0400
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-05 22:17 -0400
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 04:17 +0000
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-06 09:29 -0400
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 21:20 +0000
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-06 12:55 +0000
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-05-06 12:46 +0000
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-06 17:36 +0000
              New language features Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-05-06 12:44 +0000
      Safer programming languages Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-05-05 12:24 +0000
    Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-03 13:28 -0400
    Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-05-05 12:59 +0000
      Re: No Country for Old System Administrators cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-05 21:30 +0000
        Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-05-05 19:05 -0400
          Re: No Country for Old System Administrators cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-06 17:20 +0000
            Re: No Country for Old System Administrators drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2026-05-07 03:04 +0000
              Re: No Country for Old System Administrators Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> - 2026-05-07 12:36 +0000
                Re: No Country for Old System Administrators cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-07 14:22 +0000
              Re: No Country for Old System Administrators cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-07 13:00 +0000

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