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That doesn't tell me much. Linux is much bigger and more used than whatever multics is. So the fact that more bugs are documented is no surprise.
by hsjqllzlfkf 3y ago
That doesn't tell me much. Linux is much bigger and more used than whatever multics is. So the fact that more bugs are documented is no surprise.
- Jtsummers 3y agoIt should tell you that Linux is not a "paragon of reliability" unless you have a non-standard definition of paragon and/or reliability.
- musicale 3y agoAnd that many of Linux's severe vulnerabilities were facilitated by C/gcc: "The net result is that a PL/I programmer would have to work very hard to program a buffer overflow error, while a C programmer has to work very hard to avoid programming a buffer overflow error." https://www.acsac.org/2002/papers/classic-multics.pdf https://www.acsac.org/2002/papers/classic-multics.pdf
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