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by Xymak1y 4864 days ago
Terrible article. The issue at hand is the Browser plugin, and not the programming language itself.
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Java might be the best programming language since Sliced.bread and the Wheel# but if its VM and plugins are constantly having exploits found in them, it's a Serious Fucking Problem.

The portable document format might be a good way to exchange documents, but the most popular viewer is a huge (commonly exploited) attack surface.

The point is call your viewer, VM, or pluging something other then the name of the language so when it is found to be totally lacking security it doesn't reflect back on the language. Really the point should be to write your software correctly.