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86 race conditions compared to what baseline? This is a bit meaningless without benchmarking against other kernels

• staticassertion 9mo ago
  It's 1 compared to 86, 86 is the baseline.
  • atherton94027 9mo ago
    But you need to control for lines of code at the very least — otherwise you're comparing apples to oranges
    • erk__ 9mo ago
      Then it would not be unscientific.
      • atherton94027 9mo ago
        Yeah I mean I could also say "there are no CVEs written in PERL in the kernel ergo PERL is safer to write than Rust". Given there's close to zero .pl files in the kernel, I think we can all agree my assertion holds
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        • jason_oster 9mo ago
          That claim relies on an absurd "in the kernel" qualifier, making it difficult to agree with. Furthermore, your hypothesis is that "we all" agree with claims that rely on absurd conditions as a matter of course.
    • staticassertion 9mo ago
      I'm perfectly happy to say that it's not a very good way to make a comparison.
  • f1shy 9mo ago
    That is no base line. That is a comparison with no statistical value.
    • erk__ 9mo ago
      Tbh I thought that was clear when I used the phrase "unscientific".