@staatsgeheim @canadianbryan They broke valid correct programs for a false sense of fixing hopelessly broken ones.
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Replying to @staatsgeheim
@staatsgeheim@canadianbryan No, they weren't. rand() is for REPRODUCIBLE, DETERMINISTIC prng use. Anything using it for entropy is broken.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@staatsgeheim@canadianbryan Things like random image generators where you want to reproduce the same image with the same seed.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@staatsgeheim@canadianbryan Or statistical simulations that need to be reproducible.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @staatsgeheim
@staatsgeheim@canadianbryan It's not "backwards compatible" if you need to change correct portable programs to use nonstd obsd apis.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@staatsgeheim@canadianbryan No, you're the one who wants to sacrifice the safety of correct software with delusions of fixing hopeless crap1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@staatsgeheim @canadianbryan No, because bash is not a standard, it's a broken language defined by its implementation, like Perl.
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