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> This is incorrect. Security is definitely a first-class goal for them, not "just" clean and correct code. I get the impression that the dominant attitude amo
by krylon 11y ago
> This is incorrect. Security is definitely a first-class goal for them, not "just" clean and correct code.
I get the impression that the dominant attitude among OpenBSD developers is that if you have to choose between simplicity and security, your basic approach is flawed and should be reconsider. This line of thinking - that you don't make things more secure by making them more complicated - also results in a simple yet powerful system.
So unless I am mistaken, "clean and correct code" and "security" are not two different goals, in a way they are two faces of the same coin.