[ale] Any language (wuz: Assembly Language?)

[Michael B. Trausch]

On 10/27/2013 10:42 AM, Pete Hardie wrote:
> So it's not Pyhton itself, but the fact that it is interpreted into 
> something above assembly code, when is then converted to machine code, 
> leaving you with the inability to map one line of Python code to its 
> assembly code (== verifiable) equivalent?
>
> So this would theoretically apply to Java, had it not been built with 
> the security checks it has (albeit they may fail to be correct)?

It really applies to anything that doesn't directly transform into 
machine level assembly at a "compile time" step.

With Java, you compile to bytecode, which (if deemed "hot") is 
eventually compiled to some assembly on the target (the system it is 
actually executing on).  No auditability really, unless you trust the 
Java VM (and I do not).

     --- Mike

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