On: Software Security Is a Programming Languages Issue...

[baroffoos]

The counter counter argument is that while you can write bugs in any language, there are a huge number of bugs that simply wouldn't have existed in a safer language. I write ruby code at work and every time I find a bug I think "Would this bug have been possible in rust" And most of the time the answer is no because the bug is because of a typo or a nil value where it shouldn't be or should have been handled.

[blub → baroffoos]

Your typos and nil values are only relevant if they somehow lead to security issues. Not impossible... but not the biggest concern either.

[jdnenej → blub]

There was a bug in a php app where someone had typed `flase` which evaluated to `"flase"` which is truthy so the authentication check passed.