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0 pointsAnimats10y ago0 comments

Almost certainly someone will wrote a more declarative language on top of it

Papering over the mold seldom works. It makes things easier, not more reliable. See C++ templates.

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drcode10y ago· 1 in thread

A better example is Haskell, which usually compiles down to a low level C dialect.

amaks10y ago

Any language can compile to the low level C dialect.

AnimatsOP10y ago

Note that putting a language on top of the existing language won't prevent VM stack overflows of the type used in the attack. It's more likely to hide them.

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