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So, is the goal absolute clarity? I see Dan often striving to clearly *imply* something important. But if clarity were the only goal, what's important would be spelled out.
June 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
So, is the goal absolute clarity? I see Dan often striving to clearly *imply* something important. But if clarity were the only goal, what's important would be spelled out.
I see you write fiction but I have a question...My technical writing classes taught me to be clear and unambiguous, but they also mentioned cases of "art" flouting the same rules... (Tho I'd want to know them?)
June 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I see you write fiction but I have a question...My technical writing classes taught me to be clear and unambiguous, but they also mentioned cases of "art" flouting the same rules... (Tho I'd want to know them?)
My new head canon: Tolkien was just pulling a Dana here. 😂
You can explain too much nonsense this way. We'd need Tolkien commentaries to be sure.
You can explain too much nonsense this way. We'd need Tolkien commentaries to be sure.
June 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My new head canon: Tolkien was just pulling a Dana here. 😂
You can explain too much nonsense this way. We'd need Tolkien commentaries to be sure.
You can explain too much nonsense this way. We'd need Tolkien commentaries to be sure.
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Programming language theory discourse is better on Mastodon, shitposting is better here.
August 4, 2023 at 10:23 PM
Programming language theory discourse is better on Mastodon, shitposting is better here.
Caveat: GC doesn't give safety without bounds-checking, but GCed unsafe languages seem rare enough to ignore here.
September 20, 2023 at 1:34 PM
Caveat: GC doesn't give safety without bounds-checking, but GCed unsafe languages seem rare enough to ignore here.
But is PHP used as often as memory-unsafe languages? I'd expect it to be used more, also because GC makes it more expressive.
In memory-unsafe languages, 60-90% of vulnerabilities are about memory safety. And remote execution bugs let you also inject data?
In memory-unsafe languages, 60-90% of vulnerabilities are about memory safety. And remote execution bugs let you also inject data?
What is memory safety and why does it matter?
Memory safety is a property of some programming languages that prevents programmers from introducing certain types of bugs related to how memory is used. Since memory safety bugs are often security is...
www.memorysafety.org
September 20, 2023 at 1:24 PM
But is PHP used as often as memory-unsafe languages? I'd expect it to be used more, also because GC makes it more expressive.
In memory-unsafe languages, 60-90% of vulnerabilities are about memory safety. And remote execution bugs let you also inject data?
In memory-unsafe languages, 60-90% of vulnerabilities are about memory safety. And remote execution bugs let you also inject data?