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its not that surprising. typically, there's less than 5 sets of eyes that go over any given chunk of code in commercial software. there's probably hundreds th
by noodle 18y ago
its not that surprising. typically, there's less than 5 sets of eyes that go over any given chunk of code in commercial software. there's probably hundreds that have gone over every inch of the linux kernel.
- corentin 18y agoActually, a single pair of eyes can be enough, depending on who they belong to... This brute force approach to bug fixing can be applied to Linux because it's so prevalent, but it's the exception rather than the rule in the open source world.
- noodle 18y agowhile thats true, it isn't going to be the case for every company. thats why there are things like XP and code reviews and such.