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Re:The Stuxnet worm may be the most sophisticated software e... by coldtea on Friday May 18, 2018 @11:44AM (#17102368)
The sophistication of a piece of code is not merely an attribute of its complexity.

Else a program with tons of accidental complexity (a badly written program by an intern) would be equally good with a program with huge essential complexity (a 10 line program that takes tons of domain and/or programming knowledge to write)...

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Re:The Stuxnet worm may be the most sophisticated software e... by donald_fump on Friday May 18, 2018 @11:53AM (#17102430)
youre right. upvoted
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Re:The Stuxnet worm may be the most sophisticated software e... by gboudrias on Friday May 18, 2018 @12:21PM (#17102650)
There was a way to make your point politely and be taken seriously. This was not the way.
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Re:The Stuxnet worm may be the most sophisticated software e... by coldtea on Saturday May 19, 2018 @09:48AM (#17107889)
You mean the parent was being sarcastic? If so, it went over my head.
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