Re: browser lisp editor

2014-04-23 Thread Evan Rowley
I have one more suggestion that a friend of mine made to me. I was able to run it but not actually use it due to a firewall issue. There is also a dependency on Datomic, which can complicate things for a beginner. Despite that drawback, this browser-based coding environment does have some cool feat

Re: Functional programming and security

2014-05-04 Thread Evan Rowley
Most functional languages have design features that enhance their security. I'm referring to Clojure, Haskell, and Erlang, but this won't be limited to those three. As someone who was hired to handle cyber security needs of a contracting IT company, my personal and professional opinion is this: I w

Re: Functional programming and security

2014-05-04 Thread Evan Rowley
The most serious security vulnerabilities I've heard about for 2014 are Apple's SSL/TLS/HTTPS vulnerability, the OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability, FreeBSD's TCP bug, and of course the Mt. Gox bug that resulted in the company's bankruptcy. The Mt. Gox bug was caused by a flaw in the way they design