Keynote Address Towards Secure Systems Programming Languages

摘要

The modern world is increasingly dependent on software, and yet the software we use is often manifestly insecure and unreliable. It seems only a matter of time until a "cyber-Pearl harbor" occurs. As a result, we can expect future systems to be programmed in safer, higher-level languages. We discuss characteristics of such systems and languages, and how they help obtain the apparently conflicting goals of flexibility and reliability.