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From: tlaronde@polynum.com
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] kerTeX update: security fix
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 14:33:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YTDEhMTkhatREonU@polynum.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAJ-tZJDU32CgV-Vs44X=cg7a3i-_qw86Lr20rUNgT0w2-10iA@mail.gmail.com>

Le Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 08:00:49AM -0400, Matthew Singletary a écrit :
> If you found a big in TeX, doesn't that mean you found an error in the TeX
> book? Doesn't that mean you should get one of the famed checks from Knuth?
> 

Normally, yes (the check being now a symbolic reward)---by the way, it's
not in the TeXbook but in "TeX: The Program" (and the same for METAFONT:
The Program, since it is shared code; so for the very same reason, e-TeX
and MetaPost).

But unfortunately, for the moment, people involved for 35 years or more
in the TeX community seem to be annoyed that this has escaped their
prolonged scrutiny and are trying to find convoluted explanations in
order to not classify it as a bug---D.E.K. has obviously better
things to do, so he is not involved.

IT give opportunity for social experiments too!
-- 
        Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
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                    http://kertex.kergis.com/
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-02 11:23 tlaronde
2021-09-02 12:00 ` Matthew Singletary
2021-09-02 12:33   ` tlaronde [this message]

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