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C does not have exceptions...

No. We need to stop compromising. Yes, there is a lot of old code. No, I can't do it all on my own. But we can do it as a profession. Refuse to take jobs, nag managers, refuse to b…

Well said: The point is to make a proper effort to make the tools we use better. Humans will always make errors. Let's stop denying that and start fixing the mess we are making.

Honestly #4 applies as much as ever. - At least in most regards. The thing is: The 'security researchers' which I've had contact with focus mostly on hacking and memory corruption …

And we need to stop pretending we do.

The alternative is to not have (most of them) at all. The reality is that 99.5% of users have perhaps 10 or 20 actual usecases/requrements. - You named a few of the most prominent …

> Well it's either flags, or a config file Actually: No. Well, at least not in the ridiculous way that Chrome or Firefox do it. Command line options or config files are both fine -…

Why do you think that? If anything bigger buisnesses have more ressources to avoid taxes. - Thus having everyone pay the same would lead to large companies paying more than they do…

If it is a larger-profile German or European webpage, contacting c't / heise investigativ would probably be a good idea. They are the largest German computer magazine, and have a g…

And in yet another surprise to absolutely no one...