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Re:Formal Verification Creates Hacker-Proof Code (2016) by eesmith on Sunday April 26, 2020 @06:10AM (#22986014)
FWIW, perl3 circa 1990 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taint_checking#History .
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Re:Formal Verification Creates Hacker-Proof Code (2016) by rurban on Monday April 27, 2020 @02:58AM (#22993550)
Yeah, but with holes. Eg affecting Bugzilla. Only closed 2018 in cperl (hash keys). perl5 never cared to close its taint holes.
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