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Re:Parse, Don’t Validate by leetcrew on Thursday November 07, 2019 @06:44PM (#21478641)
pretty sure mason55 is referencing (perhaps unknowingly) an example from joel on software. you can read more about it here: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/05/11/making-wrong-code-...
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Re:Parse, Don’t Validate by mason55 on Thursday November 07, 2019 @08:43PM (#21479339)
That’s the one, thanks for the link! I tried to find it while writing my post but couldn’t for the life of me remember a single thing to even try searching for. I probably last read that article when it was written in 2005.
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Re:Parse, Don’t Validate by user5994461 on Thursday November 07, 2019 @08:08PM (#21479164)
Must have been about that indeed. Thanks.
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