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Even safe systems programming languages, with unsafe code blocks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_large_systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEWP

If you follow NEWP manual from Unisys (nowadays still selling Burroughs as ClearPath), you will see UNSAFE code blocks and how its use tainted binaries, which requires admin permission for execution.




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