A presentation at Kernel Recipes discusses the history and persistence of undefined behavior in the C language, exploring whether it can evolve toward memory safety while retaining its practical advantages. The talk highlights how early portability constraints shaped C's design and why eliminating undefined behavior remains an important goal for security and reliability.
Background
The C programming language remains widely used in systems software and embedded development due to its performance and predictability, but its long-standing undefined behavior has been a source of bugs and vulnerabilities. Standardization efforts and community discussions continue to examine how to reduce or eliminate such behavior without compromising C's efficiency and control.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Oct 9, 2026 at 01:30 PM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10