From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: smiley@zenzebra.mv.com To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <86ipx4s36p.fsf@cmarib.ramside> <86ei7ry76s.fsf@cmarib.ramside> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 19:15:35 +0000 In-Reply-To: (Federico G. Benavento's message of "Wed, 2 Feb 2011 01:19:41 -0300") Message-ID: <86r5bqz1rc.fsf@cmarib.ramside> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: [9fans] RESOLVED: recoving important header file rudely Topicbox-Message-UUID: a8a10d38-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 "Federico G. Benavento" writes: > I take it was trivial to find that overflow, come on the code is so simple > that you just see and get it the first time, which makes easier to find/fix Oh, really? Simple to find? Trivial? If so, then why wasn't that overflow found and fixed long before I ever laid eyes on it? (Rhetorical question, of course.) > bugs, iterators and the other crap you mentioned would had obfuscated > it. The "other crap" I mentioned would have made that bug IMPOSSIBLE. > Plan 9 is not bug-free, but they easier to find and fix, think about > that. I know you love Plan 9, and I have no desire to disrupt that relationship. I'm quite infatuated with it, myself. But neither of our loves' would be very realistic if we didn't admit that Plan 9 is just full of bugs like this. -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ |E-Mail: smiley@zenzebra.mv.com PGP key ID: BC549F8B| |Fingerprint: 9329 DB4A 30F5 6EDA D2BA 3489 DAB7 555A BC54 9F8B| +---------------------------------------------------------------+