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I disagree with Larry when he refers to that situation as a "moment of utter stupidity." People are not omniscient. I think it was classy, however, to apologize

• kevan 12y ago
  Agreed. Everyone makes mistakes, owning up to them shows maturity. Sidenote: I'd much rather find out about something like this before release than have someone exploit it in the wild and force a patch.
• stefs 12y ago
  > And 15 years later, I'm still apologising for that one moment of utter stupidity. this sounds so incredibly strange to me - as if uncovering a supercritical bug is something you should be ashamed of. well, except if he introduced that bug himself, but still, buffer overflows weren't exactly a rare occurrence back then. a couple of hours of work lost now vs. years of work lost later ...