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That was the tiniest of point in this article (unlike the last one). This article is far more useful and accurate to the average person.
by jsjohnst 10y ago
That was the tiniest of point in this article (unlike the last one). This article is far more useful and accurate to the average person.
- bluefox 10y agoI agree. It's interesting that two seemingly independent sources make the same unfounded claim about this obscure C function so close in time. Since I replied in the first case, I was sensitive to the second case. Perhaps someone should make a third attempt so that we can conclude that it's a conspiracy to rewrite the history of calloc.
- jsjohnst 10y agoI am pretty positive they aren't unrelated. Both mentioned Python's requests library and PyOpenSSL if memory serves. If I had to hazard a guess, it felt like the first one was potentially written by the reporter of the initial bug, the second by the actual developer who investigated it. This is just a guess, but I bet if you reread both you'll likely agree with me.