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Yes. Anybody who has shipped software would say.

I really don’t think it is a debate. The usage of arg[0] is massively understated by the article. Just go look at gcc or any modern day compiler. Its use so much that the conversion of should we has been hashes out by many different groups yet they still chose to implement it.

The security concerns are a non issue. As arg[0] was not the problem. It was the lack of technical knowledge of how systems work and a flaw in the security application.




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