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C++ safety, in context

Sutter's Mill

To talk about C++’s current safety problems and solutions well, I need to include the context of the broad landscape of security and safety threats facing all software. tl;dr: I don’t want C++ to limit what I can express efficiently. tl;dr: I don’t want C++ to limit what I can express efficiently. issues with C++.

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Tricks with Direct Memory Access in Java

Highly Scalable

Java was initially designed as a safe, managed environment. Nevertheless, Java HotSpot VM contains a “backdoor” that provides a number of low-level operations to manipulate memory and threads directly. The sun.misc.Unsafe class is so unsafe that JDK developers added special checks to restrict access to it.

Java 101
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Platform Engineering Teams Done Right…

Adrian Cockcroft

The next layer is defined by the languages you want to use, Java, Python, Go, , Javascript, Rust etc, and the ecosystem of library functions you bought from a vendor or downloaded. The virtualization and networking platform could be datacenter based, with something like VMware, or cloud based using one of the cloud providers such as AWS EC2.

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What is application security? And why it needs a new approach

Dynatrace

Modern software development environments require a new approach to application security (AppSec) to build and deliver software both quickly and securely. IAST only works with languages that have a virtual runtime environment, such as Java, C#, Python, and Node.js. The problem with the traditional approach.

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Shift Left Testing: Some tools that can help

Testsigma

This testing approach expedites testing and helps detect bugs in the early stages of development. Shift Left is a testing approach where testing begins right from the software development phase. Testers work in tandem with developers and product managers in this testing process to focus on the overall efficiency of the product.

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Reinventing Performance Testing: New Technologies

Alex Podelko

For example, Oracle Application Testing Suite may have better support of Oracle technologies (especially new ones such as Oracle Application Development Framework, ADF). Tools, using standard languages such as C (e.g. LoadRunner) or Java (e.g. UI-level recording/playback.

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2021 Data/AI Salary Survey

O'Reilly

The results gave us insight into what our subscribers are paid, where they’re located, what industries they work for, what their concerns are, and what sorts of career development opportunities they’re pursuing. As Figure 3 shows, the percentage of men and women respondents who saw no change was virtually identical (18%).

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