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A general purpose language must be one that you cannot cause to segfault? That's a rather... unique perspective.

A segfault is a security vulnerability :)

I expect a modern programming language that has a runtime to not do that, correct.

guappa 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Lol at the people who got angry for some lapalissian truth drop :D

> A segfault is a security vulnerability :)

Fair enough.

> I expect a modern programming language that has a runtime to not do that, correct.

But how do you define "has a runtime"? Java clearly has one - the JVM. Go produces standalone code, though.

Or do you say that it has a runtime because it has a garbage collector that is running while the program runs?

The original Pascal didn't have a runtime (if you weren't using UCSD, which generated p-code), and yet you couldn't segfault it.

> Go produces standalone code, though.

So if I put the jvm and my .jar file inside a single .zip file java no longer has a runtime?

And since C applications load .so files they do have a runtime?

Having a runtime is independent of the amount of files you need to read to run the program.

So, I'll ask more explicitly: what's your definition of "having a runtime"?

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