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Re: Fwd: Re[2]: Lame studies that people quote as fact that have no basis in reality and still don't prove anything even if they did
From: Rodney Thayer <rodney () canola-jones com>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 07:51:32 -0800
At 04:34 PM 2/5/2004 +0100, Halvar Flake wrote:
Humans invented complex data structures for a reason.
I agree. And if you have a situation where that's the appropriate way to represent a problem, then... -- have a good time using pointers or loose typing or whatever, because you're clearly using the right tool for the job -- use of a complex data structure does not abrogate your responsibility to comment/document the code clearly, AND -- build it in a robust manner, AND -- make it maintainable, AND -- make sure the shit works before you let the code leave development, AND -- it should be maintainable. Never act like it's throw-away code. Now while those are all Rodney's versions of "code hygiene", they seem to lead in the direction of producing more secure code. Clearly nothing I'm saying gets done by anyone inside OpenBSD (see, I told ya I could piss on someone other than Redmond!) I'm not claiming pointers or data structures are evil. I'm claiming there's no excuse for being sloppy. If you need to do something complex, do what you have to do. _______________________________________________ Dailydave mailing list Dailydave () lists immunitysec com http://www.immunitysec.com/mailman/listinfo/dailydave
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- Fwd: Re[2]: Lame studies that people quote as fact that have no basis in reality and still don't prove anything even if they did Rodney Thayer (Feb 05)
- Re: Fwd: Re[2]: Lame studies that people quote as fact that have no basis in reality and still don't prove anything even if they did Halvar Flake (Feb 05)
- Re: Fwd: Re[2]: Lame studies that people quote as fact that have no basis in reality and still don't prove anything even if they did Rodney Thayer (Feb 05)
- Re: Fwd: Re[2]: Lame studies that people quote as fact that have no basis in reality and still don't prove anything even if they did Halvar Flake (Feb 05)