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Cyclone
This category is on Cyclone, a C dialect, based partly on Cornell University's Popcorn safe C-like assembly language, part of their Typed Assembly Language (TAL) project. Cyclone is type-safe like Java, Scheme, and ML; and polymorphic. It gives C's low level speed and control of data representation and memory management, but is far safer, preventing writing programs with buffer overflows, dangling pointers, format string attacks, etc. It is easy to port or interface with legacy C code.
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Cyclone
C dialect, based partly on Popcorn, type-safe, polymorphic, gives C control over data representation and memory management, but prevents buffer overflows, dangling pointers, and format string attacks. Description, documents, download.
Cyclone Blows Computer Bugs Out of Code
New computer language designed to avoid programming errors may prevent many security breaches, according to US computer scientists behind project, teams at Cornell University, AT&T Labs New York. [New Scientist]
Secure Future All at C
New strain of C language sinks bugs, US researchers working on project that may herald dawn of more secure OSs, free of many common glitches that hamper today's offerings. [vnunet.com]
Will Software Development Get Hit by a Cyclone?
Treats advantages, drawbacks of Cyclone, focus: should one use it in programs? Introduces major benefits, examines new features, more so ones most significant to C programmers, covers ease of porting C code. [SecurityFocus]
New Cyclone Programming Language: Bugs be Gone!
Cornell University, AT&T Labs developing language like C but far harder for authors to introduce bugs when programming; data representation, calling conventions interoperable with C styles, which simplifies porting. [Security Administrator]
C with Safety: Cyclone
Forum system with much debate, many interesting and useful posts, some nonsense. Begins debate via New Scientist Cyclone article. [Slashdot]
Cyclone Blows Away the Bugs for Programmers
Cyclone is similar to the C language, but far more bug resistant because it forces code to be checked thoroughly before authors can finish programs, via its special compiler which rewrites code or suggest fixes. [silicon.com] |
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