Roy Schestowitz wrote:
Linonut ] on Saturday 03 February 2007 18:17 \__
Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
| "Microsoft has removed a large body of tried and tested code and
| replaced it with freshly written code, complete with new corner cases
| and defects," the researchers wrote in the report, scheduled for
| publication Tuesday.
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No shit. Anyone who has ever written or deployed new software knows
that is a guarantee.
Some of the rest you quoted might be vendor FUD.
I suppose I should have quoted Get the Facts for balance then. *wink*
You could, it would give us opportunity to critique it. :-)
It has been a while, but some older code I was modifying was poorly
documented. In the process of "reverse engineering" it, I was inserting
comments with some diligent reblocking (indenting) so I understood what
was going on inside it and for future modifications. I was careful to
recompile it and compare checksums, to ensure I had not inadvertently
introduced additional bugs.
Yes, any new software is bound to have bugs in it.
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Cheers, Rafael
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