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sylwaretoday at 12:48 PM3 repliesview on HN

Are you a fool?

Another name for compilers: invisible backdoor injectors. The more complex is the syntax the more it is likely to happen... I let you guess how the "sane" syntax from c++ and similar (LOL) does fit here...


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never_inlinetoday at 6:34 PM

DJ Bernstein seems to agree with you: https://blog.cr.yp.to/20240803-clang.html

pjmlptoday at 1:28 PM

Quite funny comment on the vibe coding age.

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benj111today at 2:59 PM

What has complex code got to do with it?

Trusting trust was based on old C. You don't get much more minimal than that.