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Re:From where I left by jart on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @03:34PM (#42381129)
That may be true of node.js codebases, but last time I checked Redis was written in C and only depends on ISO and POSIX standardized stuff. I doubt there's been any leftpads that have broken the old versions by now.
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Re:From where I left by PeterZaitsev on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @04:16PM (#42381605)
It is not just compatibility, there are bugs, but most important security issues which are constantly being discovered.
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Re:From where I left by samatman on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @07:35PM (#42383375)
Which makes rot a good metaphor actually. The DNA of a tree which becomes infected with a new mutation of a fungus didn't change, the fungus did.

Code in which a vulnerability is discovered is in the same position. It's developed a susceptibility to a new force malevolent to its purpose. It doesn't have to change to rot, it suffices for the world to change around it.

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