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Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net> skribis: |
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> > What I really fear, though, is what if one day the kernel team is a |
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> > different entity, more like other entities in the Linux world? |
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> Someone has to write an apocalyptic novel about Linus Torvalds being |
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> assassinated and his role taken over by the evil figures from ???. |
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I’m simply concerned that one day he will retire. I myself have been |
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‘medically retired’ for over a decade; stuff happens. |
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We cannot rely on the programming community to do the right thing. We |
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are, for instance, sticking canaries on the stack while continuing to |
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write crucial software like OpenSSL entirely in languages that |
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_guarantee_ buffer overruns; and the programmer will continue to be |
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blamed, instead of the practices. (Those who care may want to check |
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out www.ats-lang.org for a practical alternative to C, suitable even |
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for writing kernel modules.) |
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