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Re:GitHub Copilot Generated Insecure Code in 40% of Circumst... by amw-zero on Friday September 03, 2021 @10:51AM (#28404980)
> Sometimes you don't need an expert to produce highly secure, highly optimized code.

This is one for the ages.

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Re:GitHub Copilot Generated Insecure Code in 40% of Circumst... by phscguy on Friday September 03, 2021 @07:38PM (#28410639)
I think they meant that sometimes you don't need secure and optimized code and hence you don't need an expert.
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Re:GitHub Copilot Generated Insecure Code in 40% of Circumst... by amw-zero on Saturday September 04, 2021 @10:17AM (#28415294)
That is definitely not a possible interpretation:

> to produce highly secure, highly optimized code.

The key word there is "produce" - meaning, the secure and optimized code is being written.

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Re:GitHub Copilot Generated Insecure Code in 40% of Circumst... by _nhynes on Friday September 03, 2021 @11:28AM (#28405486)
(Strictly) copying data between protobufs is pretty hard to mess up.
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