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Comment Re:Yawn -- Another Closed Source Problem (Score 1) 73

by jonkalb on Thursday August 13, 2015 @09:43AM (#50308535) Attached to: Facebook Awards Researchers $100k For Detecting Emerging Class of C++ Bugs

Thankfully, I only use FOSS software which is not vulnerable to this problem. Many eyes are sure to catch anything like this in the rigorous peer reviews that happen on every commit.

In case any readers are not seeing this statement as sarcasm, this award was given because the group found eleven previously unknown security vulnerabilities in open source code. Although "many eyes" are better than few eyes, is is naive to believe that open source code is flawless just because it is open source.

Comment Eudlid's Elements (Score 1) 80

by jonkalb on Monday January 12, 2015 @04:27AM (#48791415) Attached to: Interviews: Ask Alexander Stepanov and Daniel E. Rose a Question

In your book you mention Euclid's Elements. It is the oldest continuously use textbook in history, but is it really relevant to a computer science education?

Comment Hardware evolution (Score 1) 80

by jonkalb on Thursday January 08, 2015 @03:40PM (#48767653) Attached to: Interviews: Ask Alexander Stepanov and Daniel E. Rose a Question

The STL is about three decades old. In that time, we've seen both OS and hardware evolution. What is the impact of these changes on how the STL should be used? How would the STL be different if it where implemented targeting modern environments?

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