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Ugh -- Older C isn't better when it comes to security and avoiding bugs K&R C is much beloved, but that innocent era is gone We can't afford to fight each othe
by jmspring 11y ago
Ugh --
Older C isn't better when it comes to security and avoiding bugs
K&R C is much beloved, but that innocent era is gone
We can't afford to fight each other, or C will really die
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Older doesn't mean there wasn't error handling and comprehensive bug checking. Some of us have been writing defensive code for years. Age of "style" does not imply approach to security. OpenBSD has a great deal of C code and is security conscious.
Really, articles like these are surpurfulus to the fact that there are shitty coders out there in any language.
- pjmlp 11y agoThere is only one that allows for security exploits by design.