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		qwerty456127 on Nov 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All ... So you mean you can write a program and be unable to explain what it does in plain English?

samus on Nov 2, 2021 [–]

The basic operation can be explained in English, but comments for that are potentially not as important as the implications for the application domain.

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