I don't understand how something like this could take so long to be discovered. Pretty crazy stuff.

> I don't understand how something like this could take so long to be discovered.

Maybe they wrote it in C :-)

On a serious note, old software is generally more trustworthy than new software, because bugs are discovered over time and with usage.

	▲	zaphar 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Old C software is generally more trustworthy than new C software. I don't think this rule of thumb transfers across languages very well. And the definition of new vs old has a fairly large effect. If a language has been under constant change it doesn't matter when it was started a large part of the codebase is "new".

fg137 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because it's rarely used like this, just like weird bugs caused by edge cases found in all kinds of software in the world.

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