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I think he means that given enough people looking at a particular code base, even the most obscure (deep) bugs will be found (made shallow).
by Zelphyr 9y ago
I think he means that given enough people looking at a particular code base, even the most obscure (deep) bugs will be found (made shallow).
- DonHopkins 9y agoPlease note that the quote is mis-attributed to Linus Torvalds, but it's actually from ESR. Reality has proven him quite wrong. http://heartbleed.com/ http://heartbleed.com/ Not only is ESR wrong, but also his mis-attributed slogan overpromises a false sense of security, which is dangerous. In response, he tried to construct a straw man argument that "proprietary software is worse than open source software", which does not in any way support his claim about "all bugs being shallow". http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=5665 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=5665 Anyone who thinks all bugs are shallow under any circumstances just hasn't seen many interesting real world bugs with their own eyes. Their experience is limited and their confidence in their software, security and mastery of programming and debugging is pure Dunning-Kruger effect. I'm with Ken on this one.