How to write better game libraries

Re:How to write better game libraries by jstimpfle on Sunday December 08, 2019 @04:49AM (#21735125)

If people choose to and it gives them joy, and they are productive and even learn valuable things, why not let them be?

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Re:How to write better game libraries by pjmlp on Sunday December 08, 2019 @06:29AM (#21735399)

Because if someone else happens to use that library, it might blow up on their face, e.g. WhatsApp dependency on android-gif-drawable.

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1193...

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Re:How to write better game libraries by jstimpfle on Sunday December 08, 2019 @07:05AM (#21735494)

Are you looking for a safe way to use your computer? Turn it off.

Other than that, I'm not surprised the file in question is C. Even ignoring the fact that it was you to get the link. And even ignoring that it's about a security problem...

Other than that, from a user perspective, software written in C is among the most reliable software I'm using. I'm looking at Linux, vim, xterm and so much of the infrastructure that I don't even know by name.

Some people value "security" more than they value the beauty of a nice, a maintainable, or a practical program. That's ok as far as I'm concerned...

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Re:How to write better game libraries by pjmlp on Sunday December 08, 2019 @08:58AM (#21735896)

The guys attending the Linux Kernel Security Summit seem to think otherwise, plenty of stuff there to entertain yourself.

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Re:How to write better game libraries by jstimpfle on Sunday December 08, 2019 @01:23PM (#21737267)

Sure there is. But never be blinded, Linux is very performant and rock solid from an end user's viewpoint. Sometimes it helps putting things into perspective.

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Re:How to write better game libraries by pjmlp on Sunday December 08, 2019 @05:08PM (#21738719)

Indeed,

https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/06/14/prevent-the-impac...

https://security.googleblog.com/2019/08/adopting-arm-memory-...

https://kernsec.org/wiki/index.php/Kernel_Self_Protection_Pr...

Seatbelts and helmets are also a nuisance, maybe we should get rid of them, that is my perspective.

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Re:How to write better game libraries by jstimpfle on Monday December 09, 2019 @09:12AM (#21742753)

If you like random links, here is another one... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21741504

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Re:How to write better game libraries by pjmlp on Monday December 09, 2019 @09:24AM (#21742864)

The difference being that my links have to do with damage C keeps bringing into IT and the respective monetary losses.

They are not random, only to those that don't care about improving the quality of our eco-system.

Software liability couldn't come soon enough.

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Re:How to write better game libraries by jstimpfle on Monday December 09, 2019 @11:29AM (#21743927)

What do you think are the monetary losses by unmaintainable software, resulting in bad and extremely unsafe practices (not related to memory, but...) like in my link? What do you think are the monetary losses from developers going mentally ill because they don't understand and don't like the shit they're doing?

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