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> Why did they not take off? There are lots and lots of software that is both well designed and popular. SQLite is a great example. Postfix and OpenSSH too.
by xorcist 7y ago
> Why did they not take off?
There are lots and lots of software that is both well designed and popular. SQLite is a great example. Postfix and OpenSSH too.
- jstimpfle 7y agoThey are written in C
- rurban 7y agoSQLite is well designed? Give me a break. It's an ugly and insecure hack. https://research.checkpoint.com/2019/select-code_execution-from-using-sqlite/ https://research.checkpoint.com/2019/select-code_execution-f... The meta tables declaring all table structures are changeable via SELECT and CREATE VIEW statements, the fulltext search engine still allows follows arbitrary user pointers by default. Well-designed is different. The problem is not the language, the problem is in the design.