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Re:Some obscure C features by vardump on Thursday January 25, 2018 @06:51PM (#16235880)
> C can definitively be mastered.

If that's true, how come there are almost no widely used network facing C programs that didn't have plenty of security vulnerabilities?

(Anything written by Daniel J. Bernstein doesn't count, because there's no way he's a mere mortal. :))

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Re:Some obscure C features by hedora on Thursday January 25, 2018 @10:50PM (#16236914)
OpenBSD has done a great job, especially if you look at what they achieved, how fast they got there, and what resources were at their disposal.
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Re:Some obscure C features by qznc on Friday January 26, 2018 @06:27AM (#16238377)
Qmails direct competitor Postfix? Postfix has more, but Qmail has one with a higher score: https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-8450... vs https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-86/p...

Postfix is also much more widely used than qmail.

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Re:Some obscure C features by littlestymaar on Thursday January 25, 2018 @09:11PM (#16236529)
Even djb had flaws in his C code despite being a semi-god. It took a $10k bounty and several years to be found but it was there !
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Re:Some obscure C features by shaklee3 on Thursday January 25, 2018 @08:20PM (#16236322)
Which language has? Keep in mind market share, so don't say Go.
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