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C++ creator rebuts White House warning

C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup has defended the widely used programming language in response to a Biden administration report that calls on developers to use memory-safe languages and avoid using vulnerable ones such as C++ and C. In a March 15 response to an inquiry from InfoWorld, Stroustrup pointed out strengths of C++, which was designed in 1979.
Safety improvement always has been a goal of C++ development efforts, Stroustrup stressed.
The White House in a report released February 26 called on developers to reduce the risk of cyber attacks by using programming languages that do not have memory safety vulnerabilities.
C++ and C were cited as two examples of languages with memory safety vulnerabilities.
A November 2022 cybersecurity information sheet from the US National Security Agency cited C#, Go, Java, Python, and Rust as languages considered to be memory-safe.
Stroustrup cited a number of efforts to improve C++ safety.
Stroustrup previously defended the safety of C++ against the NSA, which recommended using memory-safe languages instead of C++ and C in a November 2022 bulletin.


This Cyber News was published on www.infoworld.com. Publication date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:13:07 +0000


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