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		pixl97 on Dec 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Advancements in machine learning for machine learn... Other than 30 years ago you were writing a whole shitload more buffer/integer overflows. Hell, that's why we've written numerous languages since that point to ensure it's a hell of a lot harder to footgun yourself. If coding hasn't change much in 30 years, it may mean you have not changed much in 30 years.

euos on Dec 17, 2023 [–]

Process improved - version control, CI, unit testing. But not the tools. Clang is “recent” but it is still traditional CLI compiler.

I right fundamental software. Chromium, Node. It is good old, largely incremental, C++.

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