On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:45:48PM -0600, Andrew Jorgensen wrote: > The big issue with SP2 is application compatibility. Lazy > programmers (you know who you are) have been taking short-cuts for > years, some of which have been found to be security holes.
No, security holes are due to stupidity and ignorance, not laziness.
Programmers are *supposed* to find ways to take ``short-cuts.''
That's the whole idea - use the language to make the compiler do the
work for you. Laziness is actually a positive attribute of a good
programmer. Specifically, laziness, impatience, and hubris. Go back
and brush up on your Wallism.
Mike
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