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On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 03:33:58AM +1200, Kent Fredric wrote: |
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> Only Torvalds can write Segfault free code. |
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> Everyone else tries hard, and eventually get beaten into submission by |
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> GCC and UB. |
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> ( Yes, I'm being a little hyperbolic, but the test of time has shown |
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> how hard it is to write safe code in C even by those who seem to know |
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> what they're doing. And that's not just segfaults, but non-failing |
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> exploits by breaking memory buffers. Heartbleed for example. You |
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> really gotta ask yourself how many significant vulnerabilities out |
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> there take root from the fact they're implemented in C somewhere, and C |
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> gave you no compiler safety insurance ) |
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portage doesn't require to use some complex code for implementation. |
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And it is not a daemon that running 24/7. These fears do not apply to |
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him in such form. |
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Everything will be fine :-)! |
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Олег Неманов (Oleg Nemanov) |