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in thread Safe Code?

My understanding is that Safe is not very safe. And it is restrictive enough to keep virtually any interesting code from running. Therefore I would not recommend running it.
Ya know, I've heard a lot of people repeat this, but I have yet to see any actual demonstration of breaking a Safe container. Not that I'm saying it can't be done, merely that I've yet to see people prove their repeated statements of "oh it's not very safe". I'm also not trying to single you out specifically, obviously, you just happened to have repeated it most recently.

So, does *anyone* have any evidence that the current Safe "isn't very safe"?

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Re^3: Safe Code?
by adrianh (Chancellor) on May 24, 2005 at 14:56 UTC
    So, does *anyone* have any evidence that the current Safe "isn't very safe"?

    Yup. The continual number of exploits and fixes made in the library. Even if there are no currently known exploits the history of the module makes me deeply suspicious that it can be relied upon as the primary mechanism for securing code.