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Re:StackOverflow Importer – Import code from Stack Overflow ... by Alupis on Thursday November 03, 2016 @09:06PM (#12869595)
It's not just about harming your machine - it can harm your* data, or data passing through your* system!

* Where "your" can mean you, your employer, your customer, another company, etc.

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Re:StackOverflow Importer – Import code from Stack Overflow ... by noescape on Friday November 04, 2016 @06:34AM (#12871537)
What if it can't harm your data, or data passing through your system?

What if it can't harm anything.

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Re:StackOverflow Importer – Import code from Stack Overflow ... by emodendroket on Friday November 04, 2016 @09:37AM (#12872411)
How could a system that executed arbitrary code ever make such guarantees? I mean sure, if there were a magical thing that only ever produced correct code for what you wanted to do I guess people would use it.
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