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   Ron AARON to Krishna Myneni   
   Re: push for memory safe languages -- im   
   03 Mar 24 07:54:49   
   
   From: clf@8th-dev.com   
      
   One of the criteria for 8th was security -- among other things, making   
   it very difficult to do unsafe memory operations. Within 8th itself you   
   can't; but of course, with the FFI anything is possible.   
      
   On 01/03/2024 17:54, Krishna Myneni wrote:   
   > I'm wondering what the CS Forth users and Forth systems developers make   
   > of the renewed recent push for use of memory-safe languages. Certainly   
   > Forth can add the type of contractual safety requirements e.g.,   
   > implementing bounds checking, of a "memory-safe language". Do we need to   
   > work on libraries for these provisions?   
   >   
   > Opinions?   
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   > --   
   > Krishna Myneni   
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