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From: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: A Famous Security Bug
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 03:26:11 -0400
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bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 22/03/2024 17:14, James Kuyper wrote:
[...]
>> If you want to tell a system not only what a program must do, but
>> also how it must do it, you need to use a lower-level language than
>> C.
>
> Which one?

That's up to you. The point is, C is NOT that language.

> I don't think anyone seriously wants to switch to assembly for the
> sort of tasks they want to use C for.

Why not? Assembly provides the kind of control you're looking for; C
does not. If that kind of control is important to you, you have to find
a language which provides it. If not assembler or C, what would you use?