Coding practices: The role of secure programming languages

2024-07-30 03:30

Opting for a safer or more secure language or language subset during implementation can eliminate entire categories of vulnerabilities.

What do professionals think about secure programming languages? We asked a CEO involved with secure systems design and an experienced software engineer to discuss secure programming languages, and the NIST list.

A programming language should be called "Secure" because it enables implementation of secure systems.

When it comes to defining a safe or secure programming language, there are a lot of possible topics that come to mind, starting from the obvious - type safety, memory safety, thread safety, etc.

Mature frameworks and libraries - With a mature language, come mature frameworks and libraries, which are more thoroughly tested and used, resulting with stable and secure codebases.

Otherwise, new languages wouldn't be created, and that's no fun.

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