Re:Patch runs ed, and ed can run anything
by microtherion on Thursday April 05, 2018 @06:11PM
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Yes, but "Back in the day" ended with the Morris Worm at the latest, and that's coming up on its 30th anniversary today.
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Re:Patch runs ed, and ed can run anything
by username223 on Thursday April 05, 2018 @07:15PM
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That's fair -- the Morris Worm was an early demonstration that user-hostile software could easily make everyone's life worse. It still sucks that, as modern coders, most of our lives will be spent either producing or defending against hostile software.