Reply to post: Overflows? Still?

Google prepares 47 Android bug fixes, ten of them rated Critical

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Facepalm

Overflows? Still?

I don't care about who gets what patch when. I don't care about the advantages or disadvantages of Android or iOS.

I care that any software was every allowed to go into production when it permitted integer or stack overflows.

All software processes should Always test the validity of All data Before processing it.

Please feel free to print that out and epoxy it to your screen. We've (by which I mean users and accomplished programmers (of which I am both)) has enough. And deadlines are not an excuse to propagate system breaking code.

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