[Cryptography] How programming language design ca help us write secure crypto code

[Dennis E. Hamilton]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Leichter
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 20:57
> Subject: Re: [Cryptography] [FORGED] Re: How programming language design
> can help us write secure crypto code
> 
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> Now, all kinds of things made sense - or at least sounded like they made
> sense - back in the 1970's when C was originally designed for use by
> highly skilled, highly experienced programmers. 

[orcmid] 

The "perfect programmer" assumption has always been bad news.  Now that I am working on open-source productivity software hawked to casual users, I find the "perfect user" assumption to be an even-worse companion.

It had not occurred to me, until this thread, how they are beautifully-entwined in a paradigm of magical thinking.  That's not new; it seems exacerbated by today's digital technologies.
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