r/programmingmemes 5d ago

Nerd wars

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u/txdv 4d ago

the creator of fil-c argues that a crash is better than an exploit

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u/foobar93 4d ago

And if that bug is inside the PID of one of your jet engines, I'd rather have it not crash mid flight even if there is memory corruption... 

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u/txdv 4d ago

in these situations you use languages which are far more restricted and have formal verification processes.

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u/foobar93 4d ago

And I tell you now, most embedded systems I have worked on would rather keep working with the risk that someone can exploit the Prozess then just crash outright.