killing thread ?

[Paul Rubin]

Tim Peters <tim.one at comcast.net> writes:
> > It is currently not possible to write a secure sandbox in
> > Python.  I'm not sure if you can call that a bug; it's certainly
> > unfortunate.
> 
> Just curious: does there exist a programming language in which it is
> possible do this?  If so, who guarantees it, and via what kind of
> validation process?

That's the claim for javascript as used in web browsers.  People keep
finding holes, but they do tend to get patched pretty fast.