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It's kind of ridiculous how few lines of code can trigger such a huge and complex discussion about thread safety, where almost all developers involved actually
by cookiengineer 2y ago
It's kind of ridiculous how few lines of code can trigger such a huge and complex discussion about thread safety, where almost all developers involved actually aren't really certain whether or not this can be exploited.
I just wish people would stop writing C code for libraries that consume arbitrary data.
- fooker 2y agoYes, please stop writing C and C++ code! (... and leave the high paying jobs to us of course)
- SpaghettiCthulu 2y agoIn this case it doesn't matter whether it's C or Rust. Both languages, if using their default string formatting facilities, are vulnerable.